Self Blue (Lavender) Silkie Thread

[rilly10]

Found the pics of the two I hatched....They were both out of a Lav Sg Roo and a Lav Silkie hen.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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So what are their genetics?? Are they carrying 2 or 1 copys of the lavender gene

I have also gotten a few like this. Mine usually have light beaks and eyes too...have you noticed this with yours? The two I hatched from Lav X Lav had pinkish beaks, but still black skin. I am going to look and see if I have any pics. I was also told they were from back in he day when lavs were crossed with whites before blacks. As for their genetics, it would only make sense they had 2 sets of lav gene, but I don't know for sure. I always gave them away as pets. Bren or Deb may have more info on them since they had the ones originally crossed with whites if my memory serves me.

Lav is NOT-lavender. lav IS lavender.

White is almost always recessive in silkies, and can pop up in virtually any variety. Newer varieties are more likely to have it pop up than older ones. If both parents were lavender, the white offspring should be pure for lav, even though white prevents it from displaying.

 

[rilly10]

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I have also gotten a few like this. Mine usually have light beaks and eyes too...have you noticed this with yours? The two I hatched from Lav X Lav had pinkish beaks, but still black skin. I am going to look and see if I have any pics. I was also told they were from back in he day when lavs were crossed with whites before blacks. As for their genetics, it would only make sense they had 2 sets of lav gene, but I don't know for sure. I always gave them away as pets. Bren or Deb may have more info on them since they had the ones originally crossed with whites if my memory serves me.

Lav is NOT-lavender. lav IS lavender.

White is almost always recessive in silkies, and can pop up in virtually any variety. Newer varieties are more likely to have it pop up than older ones. If both parents were lavender, the white offspring should be pure for lav, even though white prevents it from displaying.

Sorry! I wasn't trying to use a genetic code or anything. I won't capitalize it anymore, didn't realize it meant something different than me trying to shorthand.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Lav is NOT-lavender. lav IS lavender.

White is almost always recessive in silkies, and can pop up in virtually any variety. Newer varieties are more likely to have it pop up than older ones. If both parents were lavender, the white offspring should be pure for lav, even though white prevents it from displaying.

Sorry! I wasn't trying to use a genetic code or anything. I won't capitalize it anymore, didn't realize it meant something different than me trying to shorthand.

If it wasn't the genetic term for the non-lavender allele, it wouldn't be an issue

 

[rilly10]

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Sorry! I wasn't trying to use a genetic code or anything. I won't capitalize it anymore, didn't realize it meant something different than me trying to shorthand.

If it wasn't the genetic term for the non-lavender allele, it wouldn't be an issue

Gotcha! Always something new to learn! Thanks

 

[I-Have-Happy-Hens]

Sonoran Silkies,

Do you have any Lavender pullets for sale?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

nope.

 

[Thomas423]

Ok, I'm on page 60 of 321 pages and I promise that I will be reading all but in the meantime I have a few questions.

It has been brought to my attention that my breeding stock of splash silkies might be carrying the lavender gene.
Crazy as it sounds, I don't want lavender (not yet anyway, but the more I read and see......well not yet for now LOL).
I'm new to silkies and I would like to work with splash only. I have a small breeding flock that is very nice looking but I'm trying to concentrate of making them better. I'm still learning all the "type" stuff and such. I only have so much room and I can only do one color if I want to be able to grow them out and keep the best of the best.

If I understand what I've read so far, breeding a lav to a black produces split lav/blacks? When those are bred to each other it is easy to tell the pure lav from the blacks and splits? That is why it is preferred to use blacks as splits as compared to blues and splashes? It's easier to tell when hatched?
Correct????

If correct, what do I look for in splash chicks. I've noticed that some hatched this year were more yellow as day olds than others. Does this mean anything? As they grew, they all looked the same. Some of my chicks are darker than others. I thought that the lighter ones were washed out splashes but now I'm not so sure.

I currently have 17 youngsters about 3-4 months old.
What do I need to look for so that I can "breed out" the lavender gene?

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.
Anne

 

[chickendales]

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[Sonoran Silkies]

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You cannot tell the difference between a bird that is split to lavender and one that has no lavender at all. ONLY way to know is from breeding records.

A bird that is lavender and splash looks more like splash than like lavender. I am not convinced that you can distinguish which of any two splashes is also lavender and which one is not lavender.