Violet wyandotte ???

[emjay]

I was told recently that to get a violet, one had to breed a SLW with a BLRW , then breed back the daughter to the dad, to get a small % of possible violets.


my question is this.

I had a BLRW roo,(he leaves for his new home tomorrow) who mated with my SLW hen. I was able to hatch one of their eggs in April (a hen did, not me

)
that baby was a pullet........

that girl is of no real wyandotte pure color description.


I had two other eggs just hatch, from the BLRW roo and the SLW hen. One is a pullet, one is a roo, who has silver highlights.

I am hoping to get my hands on some SLW pullets.

If I bred the roo ( with the BLRW dad and the SLW mom ) to the SLW hens, would there be a chance of violets??

i hope I haven't confused anyone, haha. I hope i worded it good enough

thanks.

 

[blackdotte]

A Silver Laced is White with black lacing, a Violet Laced is white with blue lacing.

 

[nzchicke]

What do you call a lavender laced silver then?

 

[blackdotte]

A Lavender Laced , if they exist. Not too hard to make. If using Coronation Sussex as your Lavender source you need to get rid of the Wheaten genes; if Araucana you have more type problems, as well as the 'e' gene and dark legs.

 

[catwalk]

If your cockerel inherited the blue gene, then yes. If not, you'll need to try again with a BLRW.

 

[emjay]

thanks catwalk, here's hoping he inherited some blue genes !!!!! and here's hoping I get those SLW pullets