Self Blue (Lavender) Silkie Thread

[jen5680]

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[Freckle Face Farm]

ultasol very nice

 

[ultasol]

In the fall I hatched out a few split chicks by AIing one of the black silkie pullets that I won CH featherleg with to a lavender cock. I had used some other nice black hens early last summer to hatch some lav splits. I hatched out some pure lavs last year from some other (purchased) lav split hens x a lav cock, and the young had more streaking and less crest/cushion than I wanted. Getting better results now.

I have a small pen for breeding these. My blacks are my main focus, although I've done well with my whites too. Haven't shown a lav yet, maybe this spring at the Western Silkie National and semiannual APA show.

 

[rilly10]

GORGEOUS!!! They are beautiful! Nice job!

 

[josh44]

My Lav X Black (Splits) made it yesterday,

I shipped in a young pair.

Can some one post pics of their Lav splits,
would like to see other peoples splits

 

[ultasol]

The pictures of the black pullet (almost a year old) I posted today.... she's a split (lav cockerelx black hen).


***edited to add***

I was hoping I wouldn't have to do this, as I didn't want to sell eggs, but I'd rather sell them than eat them. One of my incubators broke down and the part still isn't here. It's 8 pm here without any sign of the UPS truck.... so I've decided to list one auction and see how it goes (not regarding price, regarding how much of a pain it turn out to be).

This auction is for at least 8 lavender/porcelain eggs, as well as bonuses from my other pens (depending on what is laid over the next few days and what I can fit in my incubator- no whites available). These are from the same pens I raise the birds I keep and show from. If you look at my BYC page it includes a list of my wins from the fall shows (incomplete, as I also had BB and RB silkie and a few BV at the Chehalis show in Dec).
anyhow, the auction can be found here http://www.bidbirdauctions.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=980837326

This is likely to be a one-time only deal.

 

[rilly10]

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My black splits all just look black. The only way you can tell that they are split is when they hatch out baby lavs when paired with my lav roo. Mine can all be seen on my site mt two splits are in the album with my lavenders. The blacks in the BBS album do not carry the lav gene.

I would love to see pics of your new babies Josh!

 

[ultasol]

I've had some with some miscoloration.... but then in black non-split males you frequently see miscoloration in the hackle as well.

 

[brenTx]

I haven't hatched any blacks split to lav in two years BUT when I did they were the most beautiful black I have ever hatched. I had some people say they were even a deeper black. I need to add...that was with the female line not always the males. I still saw silver in the hatchles of some of the males. I plan to cross over another round this summer to see if it strenthens the lines more. Since I have blacks for the paint breeding why not cross to the lavenders too?

What I do, is move one lavender roo from one pen to another. I found way back when I was low on males...can you imagine that...being low on males? ...well any way, rotating from one group of females to another every 3 or 4 days gives the hens a break and the rooster seems even more apt to not pick favorites. So if you start breeding to black and want to maintain your lavender hatching just have a black pen and a lavender pen and rotate your male. Just some of my thoughts.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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This did not sound right to me, so I verified it with a true genetics expert (Kazjaps, author of the Poultry Genetics for Exhibition Breeders website). Here is a link to her answer: http://www.the-coop.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=94204&#Post94204 and a partial quote, "I don't know the technical terms, but what I mean for "outer view" of the feather is the external surface (ie where the sun does shine ). Yes, the darker iridescent lavender shade is mostly seen in the main tail & wing flight feathers (inner view, especially along the feather shaft). The pale feather shafts should be everywhere on the external surface, although there may be a few darker shafts on the breast, etc (but not main feathers)." and "It doesn't work on blue /lavender combination though. These have traits of both blue & lav. The eumelanin ground colour is usually a lavender shade, but the feather shafts are similar to Bl, ie darker shafts both external & inner views." She also has a lot more to say and lots of photos, so I do recommend checking out the link.