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Spend your money wisely, if you want the Blue eggs and Silver lacing here is your shortest route, buy a Trio of Silver Duckwing Americauna or Auracauna from a breeder, By a trio of Silver Laced Wyandotte, Place the Wyandotte Rooster over the Americauna or Auracauna hens, and The Americauna or Aracauna rooster over the SLW hens. Mate males from Pen 1 to females from Pen 2. Keep a laced cockrell from this mating and place back over thier mothers. In the process only set and hatch the Blue / Green eggs. Wyandottes lay a very light creamy colored egg, and will not interfere with the Green / Blue egg.
All offspring from both pens will be laced, and al the pullets from Pen 2 will lay Blue / Green eggs, some of teh pullets from Pen 1 will lay a blue / green egg.
I don't really understand? Do I put the Roo SLW over the SDA? Then hatch, grow them and keep a laced male and put that male over the same SDA? them do the same with the SDA Roo over the SLW Hens?
I hope that makes since. I don't know much genetics.
Nate
Nate,
SL male x SDW female Pen 1, all offspring will be silver laced, possibly poorly laced.
SL Female x SDW male Pen 2, All offspring will be laced but lacing of lesser quality than Pen 1.
Raise the birds out,
mate Pullets from Pen 1 to Cockrell(s) from pen 2,
Mate Pullets from pen 2 to Cockrell(s) from Pen 1.
Set only Blue / Green eggs
Keep best laced birds, continue to only set Blue green eggs, work on lacing over the generations. Always keep 2 pens with Cockrells mated to pullets from teh other pen, this will maintain some diversity and allow you establish a line with known traits,
