hehe, btw if anybody else knows answers to any question on here, please answer! don't want to monopolize them even though I like answering them...
kkh's birds- barred roo with blue and splash hens- is that correct? will give barred, blue barred, blue and black- all colors in both sexes.
breeding barreds, it does not matter really unless one is aiming for sex linked mating using the barring gene, in that case breed a solid roo with barred females= barred boys solid females.
if kkh's roo is lil steve, he is not pure for barring, so he will throw both barred and non barred when bred with solid hens in both sexes, so this mating can't be used for sex linked chicks as above.
the only time barred to barred is 'important' is if you want a pure barred cockerel.. then have to have a barred hen bred with either a not pure barred or pure barred rooster.
splash barred is variable, generally they have a lot of white, because both the splash and barring will remove a lot of color from the feather. they could be nearly solid white bird with a very few colored feathers either clearly or vaguely showing bars... some might even look all white or something like 'off white' all over. a few may show 'ghost barring'.... at a glance they look plain white or off-white but if you look closely can make out the barring pattern on them.
KKH- I'm sorry, the barring is slightly confusing to me when you add splash. What kind of barring would come out of your pen? Can you see the barring on splash? or would that produce blue, black and splash with barring? I still get confused about male or female mating with barred and what the outcome is. I think it is better to put a barred male with solid or barred females, right?/
KEV! Now why didn't he answer this question?
Honestly, I don't have a clue. I set 3 eggs from the splash under the broody hen so I could see what I get. Sorry, I'll have to answer that question in 19 days.
It is seriously raining them here!
red?
red?
