Self Blue (Lavender) Silkie Thread

[rilly10]

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I am sorry but I have to disagree...that is a very light splash, lavs are even in their color and do not have the spots. She could be a splash from lav breedings (be a splash split to lavender), but this is exactly why people recommend not breeding blue or splash with lavs. Even if you test bred her to a lav, the babies would be hard to tell lavs from splash splits. She is NOT pure lav though for sure.

I did not breed them to lav and I DO NOT want the lav gene in with my splashes.
I want pure splash.
I was told recently that 1 or more of my adults might be carrying it and I'm trying to figure out who, if any.

I understand! I was just saying that there is no way to visually tell if she carriers it or not (only if you did a test breeding could you tell). If you don't want lavs just breed to BBS you know don't carry it!

 

[Brody's Broodello]

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I am sorry but I have to disagree...that is a very light splash, lavs are even in their color and do not have the spots. She could be a splash from lav breedings (be a splash split to lavender), but this is exactly why people recommend not breeding blue or splash with lavs. Even if you test bred her to a lav, the babies would be hard to tell lavs from splash splits. She is NOT pure lav though for sure.

I did not breed them to lav and I DO NOT want the lav gene in with my splashes.
I want pure splash.
I was told recently that 1 or more of my adults might be carrying it and I'm trying to figure out who, if any.

Was the father a Splash as well? If so what you have are diluting splash. The female splashes are more than on gen of Splash to Splash breeding. Therefore it appears that (father could be also) you are diluting the Spalsh color even further. I would suggest you get a nice Blue or Dark Blue cock to breed your hens to. The lavender in the background would not be a problem, unless the parents are related up close. ie Full brother to sister matings. Hope this explains any confusion you might have Anne.

 

[LilPeeps]

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That bird is a splash, not a self blue

lavender can mix with ur splash that why when u breed splits u breed to black because lavender is black bird with 2 lavender genes. when u breed lavender to blue u get blue split that could produce blue splash or lavender
and lavender hideing blue can produce a lavender splash

Trust me, I know very well how the gene works, I certainly don't need a genetics lesson. Even if the bird were homozygous for both the blue and lav genes you would not be seeing the dark feathers coming through as seen in this bird, as the lav would dilute the entire bird, not the entire bird minus the splashes.

As previously stated, the bird appears to be a diluted splash possibly due to a splash x splash breeding, not because of the lav gene.

 

[I-Have-Happy-Hens]

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lavender can mix with ur splash that why when u breed splits u breed to black because lavender is black bird with 2 lavender genes. when u breed lavender to blue u get blue split that could produce blue splash or lavender
and lavender hideing blue can produce a lavender splash

Trust me, I know very well how the gene works, I certainly don't need a genetics lesson. Even if the bird were homozygous for both the blue and lav genes you would not be seeing the dark feathers coming through as seen in this bird, as the lav would dilute the entire bird, not the entire bird minus the splashes.

As previously stated, the bird appears to be a diluted splash possibly due to a splash x splash breeding, not because of the lav gene.

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[Thomas423]

Thanks everyone. I agree that she is a diluted splash. One of my females is a lighter color and this is probably one of her offsprings. She's a real pretty bird, when she's in condition. She just needs a blue rooster.

Brody's Broodello :

Was the father a Splash as well? If so what you have are diluting splash. The female splashes are more than on gen of Splash to Splash breeding. Therefore it appears that (father could be also) you are diluting the Spalsh color even further. I would suggest you get a nice Blue or Dark Blue cock to breed your hens to. The lavender in the background would not be a problem, unless the parents are related up close. ie Full brother to sister matings. Hope this explains any confusion you might have Anne.

April, the father is a darker splash as are my other females. Most of the youngsters are very pretty colored splashes but I have 3 that are very light.
(None of these came from the 2 females I got from you).
So you are saying that lav in the background is not a problem unless they are related. What about father/daughter? I'm really starting to think that the lavender is not in the parents that I have now (I sold the 2 from you) since it hasn't appeared in the offspring.
I have decided that the lavender is a beautiful bird, but since I'm limited on breeds, I want to stick to the splash and maybe blue and black.

Thanks again everyone

 

[Brody's Broodello]

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April, the father is a darker splash as are my other females. Most of the youngsters are very pretty colored splashes but I have 3 that are very light.
(None of these came from the 2 females I got from you).
So you are saying that lav in the background is not a problem unless they are related. What about father/daughter? I'm really starting to think that the lavender is not in the parents that I have now (I sold the 2 from you) since it hasn't appeared in the offspring.
I have decided that the lavender is a beautiful bird, but since I'm limited on breeds, I want to stick to the splash and maybe blue and black.

Thanks again everyone

Hi Anne,
Not saying that they are light because they were my breeding. But Splash to Splash will dilut over time, even if the bird appears darker color. Just the way of the Splash.

 

[LilPeeps]

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April, the father is a darker splash as are my other females. Most of the youngsters are very pretty colored splashes but I have 3 that are very light.
(None of these came from the 2 females I got from you).
So you are saying that lav in the background is not a problem unless they are related. What about father/daughter? I'm really starting to think that the lavender is not in the parents that I have now (I sold the 2 from you) since it hasn't appeared in the offspring.
I have decided that the lavender is a beautiful bird, but since I'm limited on breeds, I want to stick to the splash and maybe blue and black.

Thanks again everyone

I would suggest that you do get into breeding blue and black. They can be kept and bred with splash birds to produce pure colors. That way you won't have to worry about your splash birds getting diluted over time.

 

[The Lisser]

Until a few months ago I only had one silkie coop so all my color hens lived together while I worked on building more coops. At the time I had one lavender cockerel in with my blue/black/and splash hens. We had a broody situation so of course I had to let her hatch some eggs! I know I'm only supposed to cross lavender to black, but well, we ended up hatching some lavender/blue eggs. I was intending to just sell these babies as pets but they are turning out really nice. I am getting a new lavender cockerel soon, and I am very tempted to see what the cockerel x this pullet will produce:

I know I probably won't be able to tell between lavender and blue until the offspring have feathered in quite a bit, right? Or is this a recipe for disaster? This girl's half sister is a black split, but type is not as good.

Thanks!

 

[chickendales]

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breed her to bbs pen dont put her in ur lavender pen it we mess up ur color later
lavender is a black bird with 2 lavender genes so if u breed to lavender to gether that where both geneticly blue u could run in to problems likle laveder splash

 

[FrenchToast]

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Ok, it's to early for my brain to be working correctly so I have a question that may be clear but not to me this morning.

So lets say you breed this blue hen to a black rooster. You will get 50% black and 50% blue.
Question is will some of these chicks (50%) still carry one of the lavender genes and be lavender splits or do you lose that since dad was a pure black?

Ok now you breed one of the black male (if it carries the lavender gene) offspring back to Mom You would get your lavenders.

Yes? No?