Understanding Splits and Sex-linkage With Lacing Gene

[ColtHandorf]

My original pair of SLO have yellow legs. The rest have white legs. My pair has produced gold and so have the SLO flock I obtained that has three different bloodlines in it.

 

[Faraday40]

Here's my main roo, "Mr Wonderful", and my reg SLO hen

(He wears a crow collar)

Blizzard is the project blue SLO. Not sure what she is genetically since I got her as an egg & didn't ask. Here's a recent pic. but she's not looking her best.

Here's a better pic

Here's one of her male offspring: (named "Puppy")
This cockerel was very sweet and loved to follow us around. He wanted to always be with us. When he got older & discovered the females, he was a gentleman. He had a little touch of gold leakage & his comb was not as straight as Mr Wonderful. I didn't need another rooster, so I found him a home.

As he got older, you can see how his white is not a bright white.... but cream-ish

 

[ColtHandorf]

I meant to grab some pictures of that gold pullet of mine that has decided to sprout a small comb recently. I'm honestly not sure how old it is because it came with the breeding flock I purchased. I might have misspoken on the sex, but I hope not. It still has brown/gold down on the neck and head but is feathering in silver.

 

[ColtHandorf]

@Faraday40

How is the Gold-laced pullet turning out?

 

[Faraday40]

@Faraday40

How is the Gold-laced pullet turning out?

She still doesn't have the best lacing, but definitely a GLO.

She's also in the middle of that very, ugly & awkward phase.
Pic was taken 1.5 to 2 weeks ago.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Out of curiosity, what would happen if you crossed a Silver-laced Orpington onto a Blue Gold-laced Orpington?

I just happened to be looking for Silver-laced Breeders on eBay and this auction popped up:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-GOLD-LAC...046536?hash=item1eff685548:g:5zcAAOSwIbtcPp3x

Which made me wonder. The lacing would already be there, and I'd be adding the Blue in? But it would be hard to get a line that bred pure Blue Silver-laced without throwing Gold wouldn't it?

 

[ColtHandorf]

@CountryFlock

 

[CountryFlock]

@CountryFlock

Hi Colt!
If your goal is silver laced blue orps then that is definitely the way to go.

The only genes that you’re really working with is the blue gene and silver gene in that situation.

So breeding the Gold Laced Blue roo to a Silver Laced Black hen would give you
25% for Yellow laced blue roos
25% for yellow laced black roos
25% for gold laced blue hens
25% for gold laced black hens

By doing this first cross you’re giving the hens no silver genes
(s/-), while giving the roosters one gene for silver (S/s). I’ve heard roosters that are het for silver aren’t really yellow but just a lighter gold. This should allow for easy sexing at a younger age too!

You would then breed the Yellow laced blue roo (25% chance) to a silver laced black hen (mother or father of F1s) to have a 25% chance for Silver Laced Blue chicks.

A very easy and fun project! Would be beautiful birds.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Thank you! I’ll have to reach out to the breeder when the incubator isn’t full. Lol

 

[CountryFlock]

Actually I’m wrong!

You just have to breed a male silver laced black orp to a gold laced blue hen for 1 in 4 silver laced blue hens in the F1s. My bad!

The way I mentioned above was a male gold laced blue with silver laced black orp hen. The opposite way.