rooster

[junebuggena]

Thanks guys! I have 1 that hatched from him. The rest are from my BO roo. He is a silvery color with splashes of gold.

Genetically, he's a cuckoo Splash with gold leakage. It looks like he might also have a columbian pattern gene as well, if his chest isn't barred.

 

[MysticCreekFarm]

I don't see much on "cuckoo splash with gold leakage". What is this? How is it made? If that's what he is, what will he produce?

 

[drumstick diva]

x 3 on Starmekitten

 

[donrae]

I don't think he's splash, I think he's blue. I've had barred splash cockerels and the hackles and saddle feathers aren't near this dark. Plus, if one parent was a barred Rock, IIRC you can't get splash from a black parent, only blue.

I don't have any pics of my splash barred birds, and apparently no pics of mature blue barred males, just a few baby pics....





top pic is a barred sex link blue cockerel, bottom is cockerel in the back, pullet in the front.

With blue, the barring seems to be inhibited to the sex feathers in heterozygous males. the chest, belly, etc are solid. I think it must be a combination of the blue and the single barring gene. I'll have to breed some homozygous/double barred blue males to see how they turn out---there's yet another project for the breeding pens! My honey's going to be busy come spring, building enough pens for all my desired projects

. Good thing he likes me.

 

[Michael OShay]

I don't think he's splash, I think he's blue.

I agree with donrae.

 

[MysticCreekFarm]

Awesome! Thank you for all your info!

 

[Michael OShay]

Awesome! Thank you for all your info!

You're welcome.

 

[MysticCreekFarm]

My first chick from him.

 

[junebuggena]

My first chick from him.

Going to look just like daddy.

 

[MysticCreekFarm]

I thought the other 2 were from the BO. But maybe I am wrong.. How about those dark feathers on its wings?

Chick 1-

Chick 2-