Splash x splash = what?

[ksacres]

I say roo. Probably Polish, probably poorly laced Silver Laced.

Definitely not splash though.

 

[LuvinMyPeeps]

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Thanks, Dipsy (and everyone),

I really like his coloring. I'm not a breeder, but I am kind of curious what his babies would look like. I am so new at this chicken stuff - I am asking for my very first bator from Santa this year

Spitzhauen never occured to me, but he does look a little like that. I just love the wild hair LOL.

 

[Blisschick]

To clarify what splash is:

Splash is genetically double blue. If a chick is splash, it will be very pale blue, sometimes kind of silvery when it hatches. It can be splash and have an overlying pattern, but it will definitely not have any black or dark blue on it.

Splash has a dosage effect, meaning that the more times splash is mated to blue or splash, the color will get paler until it nearly resembles white. Darker splash (pale blue) will sometimes have tiny streaks of black or dark blue in it, but the whiter forms won't.

 

[Buckguy20]

Can someone please tell me the Andalusian Blue formula for breeding? What produces what? Thanks and sorry for raiding this forum.
Buckguy

 

[MissPrissy]

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I disagree - self blue or lavander does not have splashes of color.

This is my splash orpington rooster.

He has the typical dirty white or silvery base (as referenced from the Orpington Book) with 'splashes' of dark blue color. I use dark blue and some use 'black' but when it doesn't sheen green I do not refer to it as black in this breed.

He is the product of a splash rooster over dark blue hens.

These are my newest splash pullets - about 6 weeks old. You can just begin to see the 'splash' of color developing in their feathering.

This is my splash pullet from Speckledhen's Suede (blue orp roo) and Velvet (blue orp hen). She is polka dotted with 'splashes of color'.

Based on the law of averages from a 100 chick hatch

Blue x Blue = 25% Black (no blue gene) 50% Blue (one blue gene) 25% splash (two blue genes)

Black x Blue = 50% Black 50% Blue

Black x Splash = 100% Blue

Blue x Splash = 50% Blue 50% Splash

Splash x Splash = 100% Splash​

 

[Blisschick]

I disagree - self blue or lavander does not have splashes of color.

I wasn't talking about self-blue, only Andulasian blue. Self-blue is a different gene.​

 

[Buckguy20]

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I disagree - self blue or lavander does not have splashes of color.

This is my splash orpington rooster.

He has the typical dirty white or silvery base (as referenced from the Orpington Book) with 'splashes' of dark blue color. I use dark blue and some use 'black' but when it doesn't sheen green I do not refer to it as black in this breed.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h14/Angie_HomeGrown/splashpen1.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h14/Angie_HomeGrown/splashpen2.jpg

He is the product of a splash rooster over dark blue hens.

These are my newest splash pullets - about 6 weeks old. You can just begin to see the 'splash' of color developing in their feathering.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h14/Angie_HomeGrown/2blue1.jpg

This is my splash pullet from Speckledhen's Suede (blue orp roo) and Velvet (blue orp hen). She is polka dotted with 'splashes of color'.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h14/Angie_HomeGrown/cynssplash.jpg

Based on the law of averages from a 100 chick hatch

Blue x Blue = 25% Black (no blue gene) 50% Blue (one blue gene) 25% splash (two blue genes)

Black x Blue = 50% Black 50% Blue

Black x Splash = 100% Blue

Blue x Splash = 50% Blue 50% Splash

Splash x Splash = 100% Splash
​

What about black on black?

 

[ksacres]

Black X Black = black, if you are taling Andalusian Blue

Black X Black can *possibly* = SELF blue/lavender IF both parents are carrying the gene (self blue is recessive, Andalusian blue is dominant).

 

[Buckguy20]

I have some "black" blue giants, Thanks Monty

 

[Heather J]

Also, unless I've totally misunderstood the blue/black/splash gene. Black is BB, blue is Bb, and splash is bb. so if you cross a blue with a splash (Bbxbb), you cannot get black, and if you cross a black and blue (BBxBb) you cannot get splash, only with a Bluexblue can you get all three. I didn't know that continually crossing splash parents will give you lighter and lighter splash though.

My BBS silkies from Ideal all came in blue and black, so I'm hoping for a blue male and female so I can try and get some splash babies this spring.