Truth or not...blue birds

[Henk69]

The opposite of a melanizer is often called "columbian-like restrictor" in chickens. This reduces the area occupied by black pigment.

Then there are the so called "red enhancers" that increase the amount of red pigment eg. autosomal red.

Mahogany does a little bit of the first and a lot of the second, example Rhode Island Red.

 

[walkswithdog]

Does the "columbian like restrictor" reference limit black only in the body and wing?

In the dominant white image you provided the black that was limited was in the whole bird, yes? Most prominently tail and head, hackles?

 

[Majestic Lane Poultry]

It was much easier when I only had white leghorns!

 

[Henk69]

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It starts there.
I see the chicken as primarily groundcolor with black pattern on top.
The removal of hackle black and tail black like in self buff could be considered extreme columbian restriction also i.m.o.

The white vorwerk is an example of melanizer action.
Without melanizers the birds would look like (white patterned) buff columbians.
Without columbian the birds would look white with red shoulders and gold wingtriangle on the male; the female white hackled with gold body and heavy white stippling and white tail. Like a white hackled pyle.

 

[halo]

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Bwahahahahahhaha!!!! I do, and I read it anyway. Didn't do any good. But I appreciate the effort.

 

[halo]

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But...but....I thought that was the entire point of this thread, was that splash/black gives the best blues. A myth??

Wheres my Baileys, Im gonna have to start early today.

 

[pips&peeps]

Halo, what kind of birds are you trying to breed for better lacing?

 

[halo]

My plymouth rocks.

Ive actually gotten really nice lacing when breeding splash to black, but my bottom line question was wondering if I could take a roo with lacing, breed to a nice hen with lacing, and reinforce the lacing, or will it fade.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Why? I guess I don't understand what prevents double lacing or spangling on a blue bird.

I am enjoying this topic--and learning a lot.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! I'm so glad you asked and got all this great (if confusing) information.
I wish I could claim to understand it.
No accounting for taste... I think the non-laced light blues are prettier than the laced blues.

Lisa