Standard Splash Cochins

[I luv Cochins]

Hi all!

I am new to your forum and this is my very first post!

I have a splash standard cochin roo who was purchased as an adult. I really admire him and was wondering which of my birds to mate to him to reproduce the splash pattern in the offspring.

I have black and blue cochin hens.

Any help or advice would be sincerely appreciated as I have searched the web time and again with no success in getting this answered.

Thanks in advance!

 

[chicken_boy_Kurt]

I think that if you would breed him to the blue hens then you would get 50% splash and 50% blue. Then you breed his splash offsprig to him and get 100% splash.

And

. I asked a question very similar to that a while ago so I still am not completely sure. I hope I helped.

Edited to fix something stupid.

 

[Sunny Chook Farm]

Splash X Blue = 50% splash & 50% Blue

Splash X Black = 100% Blue

Forgot to add: Splash X Splash = 100% Splash

 

[chicken_boy_Kurt]

Oh yeah sorry I told you I was still new to this I think I accidentally wrote that instead though. I'll edit it.

 

[MandyH]

Breeding splash to splash will result is some black chickens also. The Blue gene is a result of black genes, so don't be surprised when a black chick hatches.

 

[I luv Cochins]

Thanks for all your responses and the welcomes!!!

I really appreciate it.

This seems like a wonderful forum. Glad I happened in here.

 

[pokey]

don't know if you are interested but you could contact judy gnatt(cochins rule website)she lives in nc too.she breeds some wonderful splashes and mottles and probably tell you a lot of info on this, plus she sold me some great birds. very nice person!

 

[Estancia-Arizona]

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Not to disagree but in the 5 years we have been breeding cochins, never have our splash cochins produced black. If splash + splash might equal some black then the splash with black would not be 100% blue. You would have a small % of black chicks as well.

Splash is a true color even though there are 2 recessive blue genes mixed in.

Just my 2 cents.

Don