Self Blue (Lavender) Silkie Thread

[JenEric Farms]

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I know you are asking Bren and Deb, and good grief...I know they have better info than me, but I would do both, side by side. You never really know what the breeding will be like. You may have wished you kept the pure lav and it will be too late if you get rid of him now. I would keep him until the others are breeding age and you see what they are producing for you. Then you can send him off with no regrets!

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

I agree with Jen. I've seen some gorgeous roos throw so-so babies and a not as lovely roo can throw great looking babies with the same hens . It's such a crap-shoot really. If you aren't "pair breeding" it's difficult.

 

[sonew123]

ok then Ill set up two pens-one with him in it with 2 split hens and one without with splits together mating--then see what I get-Bot this is going to be a long time in the making LOL..Thanks for helping guys-I totally appreciate it!

 

[bacres]

Sonew I claim some of those lavender eggs! Haha

 

[sonew123]

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me toooo hunny...I get to incubate the first couple baches to see what I get and make sure all is what it should be before offering them out new on your eggs from me?

 

[bacres]

Sadly I'm still waiting for these eggs I have a feling that they ar going to come tomorrow! I'm so excited. Thanks sonew!

 

[sonew123]

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Of course--funny thing is that last egg in am must have been it for the day and Im glad I didnt wait because they didnt lay anymore that day !!!

 

[bacres]

Well that would have been a bummer. Today's the day I feel they are coming!

 

[bacres]

I have yet another question. You can breed black and lavender and get splits and you can breed lavender and buff p get porcelin right. So can you breed porcelin and lavender? How bout black and porcelin?

 

[LilPeeps]

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Breeding buff x lav does not make porcelain. That first generation, you will get birds that appear buff x black and will carry a single copy of the lav gene. Breeding back to the lav parent will produce 50% smutty buff split lavs, 50% buff with lav, also known as isabel, not porcelain (although many mistakenly call this porcelain). True porcelain is made up of columbian, buff, mottled, and lavender, not just buff and lav. Lav x isabel will throw birds similar in appearance to the isabel parent, but with more lav visible. Breeding isabel to black will produce smutty buffs carrying lav.