Self Blue (Lavender) Silkie Thread

[Sonoran Silkies]

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My first thought was along the lines of OH MY GOSH! WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE POOR LITTLE BLACK CHICKS! Then I realized it was a boa--AFTER I enlarged the photo significantly!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Lavender dilutes black; however, it only does this when two lavender genes are present. With only one gene it has no affect at all. But realize that each parent contributes an additional 38 genes to each offspring, and how those genes interact will determine the phenotype of each offspring.

Breeding two blacks split to lav together should give you 25% lavender offspring. Of the remaining 75%, a third will not carry lav at all, but will be indistinguishable from those that are split to lav.

If you breed a black split to lav to a lavender, you should get 50% lavender and 50% blacks split to lav.

 

[Hennypen]

My new lav pair arrived from Bren today.

I think I'll be getting a nice black hen soon to.

 

[nhnanna]

 

[rilly10]

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They look very happy in their new home! Congrats!

 

[SilkieTime]

Darling Farms, Sophia is very stunning

 

[Hennypen]

Off to a good start. The hen I got yesterday laid an egg today. She was exposed to a different rooster before being shipped so this egg may have different genetics than my current roo (provided it's fertile)

 

[SEDOSA]

Hi all,

I just looked for the right threat to read but couln´t find exactly what I´m interested in. Since it´s related to lav gen, here it goes to the genetics experts in the lav gen

My doubt is what would you get if you cross a lavender roo to a hen which is not black or red (colors which are known to be diluted after two generations, when two copies of lav are introduced) but is a golden or silver partridge. For the F1, would I get animals like the hen, with no influence of the single copy of lav introduced? Would thus a lav rooster help in getting partridge roosters (lav split) in the F1 out of a partridge hen, when you originaly lack any partridge male?


Thanks in advance , and all my best wishes for 2011!!!!

Cheers

 

[BetsyOK]

Today is day 21, but hatch started yesterday morning, which is usual in my Genesis. This is the lav roo x lav split hens. One lav hatched yesterday, another today, plus three mutts. I'd vowed to myself to keep hands off until the hatch was definitely finished, but one pipped yesterday and was zipping almost straight DOWN the egg. Just a bit ago, I helped it out, and it was quite stuck though completely ready, and I think a lav. Now, of course, I don't know what'll happen to the six remaining eggs, though I spritzed them. A couple had barely pipped. I then had to open it to remove the two first hatched, as they were very vigorously attacking the new one, eating the gummy stuff, but pulling hard on wing tips and feet--babe screaming. My limited lav hatching experience has shown me if they don't hatch on day 20 or 21, they're not going to. The other bator, which has nine lav x lav and lav x buff eggs developing in it, should start tomorrow (day 20).

 

[Muscovies]

Pretty Lav. Silkie