The 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long!

[chattery41]

Not great, but this is my splash olive egger. She's a super layer and she's a sweet hen. I can't make any more splashes, as I don't have a blue male anymore.







Now Isbars have stunning splash coloring. I don't have this hen anymore. I gave her back to my friend who's eggs I hatched from. She got out of breeding and just wanted 1 Isbar hen, so I gave her back. (I'm sure she was happy to go to a home without roosters)

How do you 'make' splashes ?

 

[LocalYokel]

With Blues, I believe.

 

[StarMeKritten]

How do you 'make' splashes ?

By breeding blue to blue, splash to blue, or splash to splash.

 

[chattery41]

With Blues, I believe.

And ?

 

[LocalYokel]

How do you 'make' splashes ?

 

[chattery41]

By breeding blue to blue, splash to blue, or splash to splash.

Okay

 

[LocalYokel]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/basic-chicken-color-genetics

 

[StarMeKritten]

1 copy of the blue gene dilutes black to blue. 2 copies of the blue gene dilutes it twice and makes splash.

 

[chattery41]

1 copy of the blue gene dilutes black to blue. 2 copies of the blue gene dilutes it twice and makes splash.

Ok, thank you, i guess i'm gonna have to print out these color genetics charts and hang them around my house like study notes. lol

 

[chattery41]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/basic-chicken-color-genetics

Thank you Yokel