Self Blue (Lavender) Silkie Thread

[peachie600]

Yes, Solo came alone and a day early
Doesn't look like anyone else is gonna join him

I'm sure they might move out to the coop....it is insulated and has a heat lamp....
however thats hard for me to image when he's barely as big as a golf ball.....lol

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

Are these guys self blue, or lavender? Their dad is a Blue silkie and their mom is a blue silkie/rosecomb mix (line-bred back to the dad)

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

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I insist you make a BYC page with photos! We must know his li'l life story.

He's a lucky li'l chick to be born to you!

We may have friends for him, in December they may be too much squabbling for space in our coop, we'll see how it works out.
The smooth one of these is almost certainly a little rooster, and the silkie one is maybe a rooster, but maybe not, these two love to chest bump and "do the stare" like roo's:


This one is almost certainly a hen pullet:


All of them carry blue, but there's dominant white showing up, so we have splash (so a chicken breeder told us)

But maybe these are already too old for Solo? I don't want Solo to get pecked.

On the other hand, our 5 month old roosters in May were each able to adopt groups of 2 week old chicks, brooded them and now have their own flocks!

 

[FrenchToast]

6chickens in St. Charles :

https://www.backyardchickens.com/fo..._eddie_vedder_by_yellow_leaves_water_dish.jpg

Are these guys self blue, or lavender? Their dad is a Blue silkie and their mom is a blue silkie/rosecomb mix (line-bred back to the dad)

They are most likey blues or splash. You won't get a lavender unless you have 2 copies of the lavender gene. Even breeding 1 pure lavender to a blue will only create self blue splits which will not be lavender in color.

Breeding blue to blue you will get, 50% Blue, 25% Splash and 25% black.




B b
----------------------------
B / BB / Bb

b / Bb / bb​

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

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They are most likey blues or splash. You won't get a lavender unless you have 2 copies of the lavender gene. Even breeding 1 pure lavender to a blue will only create self blue splits which will not be lavender in color.

Breeding blue to blue you will get, 50% Blue, 25% Splash and 25% black.




B b
----------------------------
B / BB / Bb

b / Bb / bb

Oh, I'm pretty sure you've gone over this before with me, I'm sorry I just can't wrap my brain around it. Please forgive me.

so, what color are my chicks? Now they have patches of gray and black.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

6chickens in St. Charles :

https://www.backyardchickens.com/fo..._eddie_vedder_by_yellow_leaves_water_dish.jpg

Are these guys self blue, or lavender? Their dad is a Blue silkie and their mom is a blue silkie/rosecomb mix (line-bred back to the dad)

Self blue IS lavender.​

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

6chickens in St. Charles :

Quote:
I insist you make a BYC page with photos! We must know his li'l life story.

He's a lucky li'l chick to be born to you!

We may have friends for him, in December they may be too much squabbling for space in our coop, we'll see how it works out.
The smooth one of these is almost certainly a little rooster, and the silkie one is maybe a rooster, but maybe not, these two love to chest bump and "do the stare" like roo's:
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25976_beaker_and_eddie_vedder_water_dish.jpg[/URL]

This one is almost certainly a hen pullet:
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25976_chicks_jimmyneutron_and_beaker_8wks.jpg[/URL]

All of them carry blue, but there's dominant white showing up, so we have splash (so a chicken breeder told us)

But maybe these are already too old for Solo? I don't want Solo to get pecked.

On the other hand, our 5 month old roosters in May were each able to adopt groups of 2 week old chicks, brooded them and now have their own flocks!

Dominant white has nothing to do with splash. Splash is two copies of the blue gene.​

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

6chickens in St. Charles :

Quote:
They are most likey blues or splash. You won't get a lavender unless you have 2 copies of the lavender gene. Even breeding 1 pure lavender to a blue will only create self blue splits which will not be lavender in color.

Breeding blue to blue you will get, 50% Blue, 25% Splash and 25% black.




B b
----------------------------
B / BB / Bb

b / Bb / bb

Oh, I'm pretty sure you've gone over this before with me, I'm sorry I just can't wrap my brain around it. Please forgive me.

so, what color are my chicks? Now they have patches of gray and black.​

Almost certainly splash; splash is a patchy colouring.

Let's say mama is blue (she carries one copy of blue and one of not-blue). All her offspring will receive either a copy of blue or a copy of not-blue from her. If daddy is blue, the exact same comments can be said about him and his offspring.

So, if mama gives a copy of blue (Bl) to a chick, and so does daddy (Bl), the baby is splash (Bl/Bl). If mama gives a copy of blue (Bl), but daddy gives a copy of not-blue (bl+), the baby is blue (Bl/bl+). If mama gives a copy of not-blue (bl+) and daddy gives a copy of blue (Bl), once again the baby is blue (bl+/Bl, which is the same as Bl/bl+). If both mama and daddy give not-blue (bl+), the baby will display black plumage, not blue (bl+/bl+). Those are the only possibilities from a cross between two blue birds, and in large numbers of hatchings, the ratios for each outcome will hold true.

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

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Oh, I'm pretty sure you've gone over this before with me, I'm sorry I just can't wrap my brain around it. Please forgive me.

so, what color are my chicks? Now they have patches of gray and black.

Almost certainly splash; splash is a patchy colouring.

Let's say mama is blue (she carries one copy of blue and one of not-blue). All her offspring will receive either a copy of blue or a copy of not-blue from her. If daddy is blue, the exact same comments can be said about him and his offspring.

So, if mama gives a copy of blue (Bl) to a chick, and so does daddy (Bl), the baby is splash (Bl/Bl). If mama gives a copy of blue (Bl), but daddy gives a copy of not-blue (bl+), the baby is blue (Bl/bl+). If mama gives a copy of not-blue (bl+) and daddy gives a copy of blue (Bl), once again the baby is blue (bl+/Bl, which is the same as Bl/bl+). If both mama and daddy give not-blue (bl+), the baby will display black plumage, not blue (bl+/bl+). Those are the only possibilities from a cross between two blue birds, and in large numbers of hatchings, the ratios for each outcome will hold true.

I'm beginning to get it.

I'll have to go make a model of it. Maybe a cartoon. Here's the mom:

And her dad is their dad (I've been told this is line bred):

...he's very pale underneath, only black on the outside feathers.

 

[peepblessed]

Quote:
Oh, I'm pretty sure you've gone over this before with me, I'm sorry I just can't wrap my brain around it. Please forgive me.

so, what color are my chicks? Now they have patches of gray and black.

Almost certainly splash; splash is a patchy colouring.

Let's say mama is blue (she carries one copy of blue and one of not-blue). All her offspring will receive either a copy of blue or a copy of not-blue from her. If daddy is blue, the exact same comments can be said about him and his offspring.

So, if mama gives a copy of blue (Bl) to a chick, and so does daddy (Bl), the baby is splash (Bl/Bl). If mama gives a copy of blue (Bl), but daddy gives a copy of not-blue (bl+), the baby is blue (Bl/bl+). If mama gives a copy of not-blue (bl+) and daddy gives a copy of blue (Bl), once again the baby is blue (bl+/Bl, which is the same as Bl/bl+). If both mama and daddy give not-blue (bl+), the baby will display black plumage, not blue (bl+/bl+). Those are the only possibilities from a cross between two blue birds, and in large numbers of hatchings, the ratios for each outcome will hold true.

Another great genetics lesson from for my notebook!