The Silver Laced Wyandotte Thread

[jdoane]

So little disclaimer... I am not a breeder (not even a backyard breeder) nor do I intend to be. But the genetics piece fascinates me. SO I got to wondering.... What happens if you a breed a SLW to a GLW or a SLW to a RLBW or a GLW to a RLBW???

 

[delisha]

So little disclaimer... I am not a breeder (not even a backyard breeder) nor do I intend to be. But the genetics piece fascinates me. SO I got to wondering.... What happens if you a breed a SLW to a GLW or a SLW to a RLBW or a GLW to a RLBW???

for clarification..what is a RLBW?
If it is a red Wyandotte laced in blue I would love to see a picture please!! I bet it is beautiful!!!!!


Could you mean Blue laced Red?

 

[Nickeyo]

I agree what would the outcome of a Gl cross Sl Wyandotte be like

 

[jdoane]

for clarification..what is a RLBW?
If it is a red Wyandotte laced in blue I would love to see a picture please!! I bet it is beautiful!!!!!


Could you mean Blue laced Red?

Oh yeah! LOL I can never figure figure out which way to say that!

yes I mean Blue Laced Red

 

[delisha]

I know many things about chickens and how to care for chickens..color genetics is not my specialty..I will leave that one for the experts.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I agree what would the outcome of a Gl cross Sl Wyandotte be like

I posed this question to a breeder and was told that your hens would be slw and Roos would be smutty. There is actually a picture of a slw x GLW roo on this site. Just type it in the search bar at the top of the page.

 

[delisha]

Took new pictures of the SLW today..they are growing up and filling out nice




I just love the combs on these guys..now I just need to reproduce it in the blue laced

 

[delisha]

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Adding BLR to a mixed Lace Wyandotte flock​

So if I add blue-laced reds to my mixed flock of silver and gold lace, what will I get?

We are dealing with two genes simultaneously at this point -- the sex-link S-gene that controls the gold/red versus silver base color and the co-dominant Bl-gene that controls whether the marking color is black, blue or splash. A freely mixing flock with roosters and hens of both colors can give the following patterns...

SSblbl and Ss+blbl = silver lace rooster
S-blbl = silver lace hen
s+s+blbl = gold lace rooster (likely darker red than the preferred gold)
s+-blbl = gold lace hen (likely darker red than the preferred gold)
SSBlbl and Ss+Blbl = blue-laced white rooster (not showable)
S-Blbl = blue-laced white hen (not showable)
s+s+Blbl = BLR rooster (likely lighter than the preferred deep red)
s+-Blbl = BLR hen (likely lighter than the preferred deep red)
SSBlBl and Ss+BlBl = splash-laced white rooster (not showable)
S-BlBl = splash-laced white hen (not showable)
s+s+BlBl = splash-laced red/gold rooster (not showable)
s+-BlBl = splash-laced red/gold hen (not showable)

If the goal is really to produce show birds, this mixed breeding is going to create a lot of unshowable colors that have to be culled. But if you just want a pretty backyard flock, this can get you there! Be sure to give some thought to which color rooster is used (assuming you are only running one or a couple roosters with your flock) - use of an SS silver rooster, for example, will mean that you will never get any s+- red/gold hens. If you want all the colors, use two roosters -- one with the most recessive genotype (s+s+blbl = gold lace), and a second (any silver) to get hens of the other sex-linked color .

 

[Chickenhill]

Took new pictures of the SLW today..they are growing up and filling out nice




I just love the combs on these guys..now I just need to reproduce it in the blue laced

Nice n crisp, great job! Beautiful.

 

[Nickeyo]

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