Self Blue (Lavender) Silkie Thread

[Fur N Feathers]

I really just don't want to end up with some weird coloring of chicks like I did this last time around. Especially since I have a small flock and don't plan on keeping ALL of what I'm hatching, I don't want to have difficult time rehoming chicks that I have no idea what the colors are.

And here are the chicks I got from the white hen and him:

May be a considered a tortoiseshell/calico. Someone had mentioned a partridge splash on another thread, I think the Silkies of a different color thread. Anyway, I think it is pretty neat - I like non standard colors though.

PeepBlessed is well versed in the genetics end of things and she is helping you with that aspect. Thanks PeepBlessed!!!!

Here is some further info that I recorded from Sonoran. Hope she doesn't mind me passing it on:

Lav/split breeding - Sonoran - Okay, you are talking two separate genes here:
lavender (lav) and blue (Bl). Rather than saying "black" let's say
"not-lavender" and "not-blue."
If both are pure for not-lavender, then offspring will be about half black and
half blue and all will be pure for not-lavender.
If one parent (either one, doesn't matter which) has one copy of lav, then
about half the offspring will inherit lavender and the other half will inherit
not-lavender. With large enough numbers, statistically this will work out to
about half of the blue chicks and about half the black ones. But that requires
MANY, MANY chicks. Anything less than several hundred (check the chicken
calculator for numbers) is unlikely to be evenly balanced.
If both parents have one copy of lav, then about a quarter of the chicks will
inherit two copies of lavender; another quarter will inherit two copies of
not-lavender and the remaining half will inherit one copy of lavender and one
of not lavender. If the lavender chicks inherit one copy of blue, you can
call them lavender blue; if they inherit two copies of blue, call them
lavender splash; if they inherit two copies of not-blue, call them lavender.
Now your bggest problem here is distinguishing between the birds that are blue
or splash AND lavender and the ones who are blue or splash AND not-lavender.
Almost impossible to distinguish by appearance. Only the lavenders who are
pure for not-blue are easy to distinguish. And if you are not expecting them,
one might simply think that they are just a light blue, not realizong that they
are lavender.
Most lavender/self blue breeders (all breeds, not just silkies) from all over the world recommend keeping them (self-blue and BBS) separate. A bird that is lav/lav and Bl/? looks more like blue or splash than like lavender, so what is the point of it carrying lavender? The phenotype is wrong for lavender, and I don't see any advantage to the blues. Indeed, lavender can bring in feathering issues.

 

[Lynzi777]

May be a considered a tortoiseshell/calico. Someone had mentioned a partridge splash on another thread, I think the Silkies of a different color thread. Anyway, I think it is pretty neat - I like non standard colors though.

PeepBlessed is well versed in the genetics end of things and she is helping you with that aspect. Thanks PeepBlessed!!!!

Yes she is! I'm getting a great deal of info from her and appreciate every bit it!

 

[peepblessed]

PeepBlessed is well versed in the genetics end of things and she is helping you with that aspect. Thanks PeepBlessed!!!!

Haha! I wish I was well versed! Just good at keeping notes!

 

[Fur N Feathers]

Yes she is! I'm getting a great deal of info from her and appreciate every bit it!

Haha! I wish I was well versed! Just good at keeping notes!

Well I am copying to my notes that little blurb that you quoted from Sonoran myself!

See it isn't just you and I posting here now!

 

[Stef82]

My sweet pea. I let her out to roam a little bit to free range. Let me tell you, she was like White on rice on me. LOL! She didn't want to leave my side while I did some choirs around the house.




And then she saw something yummy 5 feet away from me.

 

[Lynzi777]

Peepblessed - I contacted Geri from Obsessively Silkie and she has lavenders that are just under 2 months old that she would ship me. I'm just waiting to hear back on if she has 5 she wants to let go, or if she has at least 3 and I'll pick 2 of another color she has. I'm hoping breeding my lavender split blue to a lavender would be ok? Would I end up with lavenders? Or more a of a mix?

 

[heirloomorps]

If you breed lav to a Lav split, you should hatch half lav and half Lav split birds.

Geri has awesome birds, we have a trio of porcelains from her and another roo. Just gorgeous.

 

[Lynzi777]

If you breed lav to a Lav split, you should hatch half lav and half Lav split birds.

Geri has awesome birds, we have a trio of porcelains from her and another roo. Just gorgeous.

Oh good, I was hoping to get at least some lavenders out of the hatching. I'm still waiting to hear back from her. This will be my first time ordering chicks from someone and having them shipped. Did you order older birds or chicks? How long does it usually take to ship them?

 

[peepblessed]

Peepblessed - I contacted Geri from Obsessively Silkie and she has lavenders that are just under 2 months old that she would ship me. I'm just waiting to hear back on if she has 5 she wants to let go, or if she has at least 3 and I'll pick 2 of another color she has. I'm hoping breeding my lavender split blue to a lavender would be ok? Would I end up with lavenders? Or more a of a mix?

Here is a helpful chart: You could substitute blue for black for your situation.

Lav X Lav = 100% Lav
Lav X Split = 50% Lav, 50% Splits
Split X Split = 50% Splits, 25% Lavs, 25% Blacks True, but you cannot tell
the splits from the blacks; they are indistinguishable.
Lav X Black = 100% Splits
Split X Black - 100% Blacks No, 50% splits, 50% black. But once again, they
are indistinguishable from each other.

 

[heirloomorps]

Oh good, I was hoping to get at least some lavenders out of the hatching. I'm still waiting to hear back from her. This will be my first time ordering chicks from someone and having them shipped. Did you order older birds or chicks? How long does it usually take to ship them?

We ordered older birds. They arrived the day after she shipped them but that would depend on where you live! Her shipment times are ASAP but dependent on weather...