The Wyandotte Thread

[ki4got]

From the the way the mane or the feathers on his neck are coming in I would guess cockerel his mane is very pronounced

that would be called the cape. from my feather anatomy guide...

 

[fifistamps]

So my "girl" is about 4 weeks old. She is my only sl wyandotte but she is much bigger than the rest of the flock. I noticed her waddles coming in this week. What do you think hen or roo? Also her comb and waddles are redder than the photos demonstrate. Thanks in advanced!

 

[foxy2320]

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[PeakyBeaky]

Looks like a splash-in the last picture, there are 2 splashes. The bottom front/left is a black.

I have new blrw and GL chicks. One is an obvious splash

But would this chick be considered a splash or just a light blrw? Or GL?


Here they all are so you can see the color variations.

 

[dajen]

Looks like a splash-in the last picture, there are 2 splashes. The bottom front/left is a black.

We have 3 different breedings together. My husband forgot to divide them when he took them out of the turner...lol
We should have 2 GL (GL x GL), 5 BL/GL (GL x BlackLaced) and 7 BLR of which now 2 are splash.
How dominant is the BL when covering a GL hen?

 

[gilavina]

We have 3 different breedings together. My husband forgot to divide them when he took them out of the turner...lol
We should have 2 GL (GL x GL), 5 BL/GL (GL x BlackLaced) and 7 BLR of which now 2 are splash.
How dominant is the BL when covering a GL hen?

On any blue breed, regardless of whether it is solid blue, a blue laced red or etc, the blue genetics apply.
Below is the breakdown chart for matings when working with blues.


Blue X Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Black, 25% Splash

Blue X Splash = 50% Blue, 50% Splash

Blue X Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black

Splash X Black = 100% Blue

Black X Black = 100% Black

Splash X Splash = 100% Splash

 

[dajen]

On any blue breed, regardless of whether it is solid blue, a blue laced red or etc, the blue genetics apply. Below is the breakdown chart for matings when working with blues.
[COLOR=000000]Blue X Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Black, 25% Splash

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[COLOR=000000]Blue X Splash = 50% Blue, 50% Splash

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[COLOR=000000]Blue X Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black

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[COLOR=000000]Splash X Black = 100% Blue

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[COLOR=000000]Black X Black = 100% Black

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[COLOR=000000]Splash X Splash = 100% Splash

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Yes I understand the blue genetic chart...well almost. But is a Black Laced Red part of the blue family? We were recommended to use it with our GL to strengthen the color but if its from the blues it doesn't seem like this is a correct combination to advance the GL.

 

[gilavina]

Yes I understand the blue genetic chart...well almost. But is a Black Laced Red part of the blue family? We were recommended to use it with our GL to strengthen the color but if its from the blues it doesn't seem like this is a correct combination to advance the GL.

when you are mating a blue laced to a golden laced, you are dealing with blue and black, so you will get 50% blue and 50% black in the offspring. Anytime you are dealing with blues, you have a possibility of getting blue, black and splash. Deciding if using a black laced red coming out of a blue laced breeding program to work on the golden laced, I can't give you a 100% definitive answer because the opinions on this vary. It just depends on what you are trying to do and what kind of limitations you have, such as if you have no other Golden laced to work with. I personally would not necessarily be in favor of doing, only because it would open up a different can of worms if your Golden Laced are from a separate line of breedings than your blue laced.

 

[ki4got]

Yes I understand the blue genetic chart...well almost. But is a Black Laced Red part of the blue family? We were recommended to use it with our GL to strengthen the color but if its from the blues it doesn't seem like this is a correct combination to advance the GL.

the blue is carried the same, regardless if it's a patterned bird or solid. but crossing gold laced with red laced, you're going to end up with either too dark or too light, depending what your goals are.

the red laced requires the mahogany gene, while the gold laced i believe uses a dilution (not positive there). so either way, if you cross one with the other, you're going to spend a couple generations getting back to what you really want.

as far as black laced red being part of the blue family, black is black. it does NOT carry blue. so using a black laced anything, with another black laced anything, you will never get a blue laced or splash laced. the blue gene is a dilution of black. heterozygous, you have blue, homozygous, you have splash. so if it's not blue or splash, it will never pass along the blue gene because it doesn't have one. the only way to get a blue from a black, is if one parent is a blue or splash.

 

[chickened]

Hi, looking for lavender wyandottes for a breeding project. Any leads would be great. I know greenfire farms is getting them from the UK but UK birds have too loose of feathers for my project and I know they are already here in the US from photos a couple years old. Thanks