Greetings everyone and welcome to 2021. This new year I've returned to chicken breeding. This time, more educated and smarter - I hope. Why aren't there Silver laced Silkies; Smooth Sizzles, or Modern Game Bantams? Why aren't the most popular colour patterns existing in the most popular and showy of birds? Perhaps they already exist and they aren't easily accessible to the public? But with all the social media out there one would think they would show up. Or maybe the interest just isn't there for LF Silkies or buff laced Modern Game Bantams? I myself would like to see Crested German Langshans (Silkies on stilts -LoL). Until I'm able to have LF or multiple projects, I'd like to focus on silver and gold lacing in MGBs. Now that poultry shows are allowed to resume, access to quality birds should be easier. But with all that said, I'd like to to hear from all points of view on why such colour patterns or sizes don't exist in chicken breeds. AND OF COURSE, please comment on the technique below.
Here's the general technique: Pair of MGB wild type x Pair of Sebright Male (silver) Female (gold) -- becomes sex-linked
I hear splash should NOT be introduced as it can leak, preventing crisp lacing. What colour/pattern would you suggest to begin with? I'd have said partridge - if it existed, as it already as 1or2? of the 3 genes needed for [single] silver lacing.
Understood that drop wing, hen-feather, and comb are factors to out-breed for general MGB form.
where a desired colour of feather pattern is identified, that a particular breeder believes will suit the breed, in this case MGB type. The first maitngs from a breed as close to type as is possible (Silver/gold sebrights). This should be done with male of new pattern to excellent type MGB female (A) and MGB male of excellent type over a female with the desired feather pattern or colour(B). The resulting F1 chicks should be used in the following season, the male birds from group B. mated to the females of group A. This will give the correct MGB form/ type in both male and female, with helpful copies of the genes carrying the desired LACING colour and feather pattern. The resulting F2 chicks should come correct for MGB type in male and female. If the type and size breeds true, they can be referred to as Prototype birds.
Here's the general technique: Pair of MGB wild type x Pair of Sebright Male (silver) Female (gold) -- becomes sex-linked
I hear splash should NOT be introduced as it can leak, preventing crisp lacing. What colour/pattern would you suggest to begin with? I'd have said partridge - if it existed, as it already as 1or2? of the 3 genes needed for [single] silver lacing.
Understood that drop wing, hen-feather, and comb are factors to out-breed for general MGB form.
where a desired colour of feather pattern is identified, that a particular breeder believes will suit the breed, in this case MGB type. The first maitngs from a breed as close to type as is possible (Silver/gold sebrights). This should be done with male of new pattern to excellent type MGB female (A) and MGB male of excellent type over a female with the desired feather pattern or colour(B). The resulting F1 chicks should be used in the following season, the male birds from group B. mated to the females of group A. This will give the correct MGB form/ type in both male and female, with helpful copies of the genes carrying the desired LACING colour and feather pattern. The resulting F2 chicks should come correct for MGB type in male and female. If the type and size breeds true, they can be referred to as Prototype birds.
