Was sold to daughter as Blue Laced Red Wyandotte!

[burquechick]

No, they will not all be splash. 25% will be Splash, 25% will be Black, and 50% will be Blue.

 

[burquechick]

Oh wait, you are right. They will all be splash! Sorry for the mix-up!

 

[AinaWGSD]

I am by no means an expert, but if they have blue in the tail then I do not think they could possibly be buff laced. Blue laced wyandotte genetics are the same as for andalusian blue, which means that in addition to blue, you can get black and splash laced birds when breeding blue laced reds. If you breed two blue laced birds, only 50% of the offspring will be blue laced, 25% will be black laced (they will look similar to GLW) and 25% will be splash laced. Some splash laced birds look very much like buff laced since splash can vary from blue with only a few spots of darker or lighter color to almost white with almost no "splashes" of blue at all. While they may look visually similar to buff laced, it is a completely different color with different genes involved.

 

[blackclownfish16]

If you wanted buff laced you could continue to breed the whitest birds with the lighter buff tones. I know that in the UK a good percentage of Buff laced Polish are actually splash laced Buff, also white laced red cornish in the US are often splash.

Almost every color in chickens can be made with a couple different gene combos. If it looks like Buff laced and breeds like buff laced then it can be called buff laced. Now mind you if they have blue tails or any trace of blue that negates it

 

[jan65764]

The roo is the only one that I can see has any blue on him and it is just his tail feathers. the lacing on the breasts of both are buff colored. So are they Splash? Is the roo blue? So confused!! I really like them both, the little hen just started laying but alas I don't have an incubator.

 

[slackwater]

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That could be a Splash Rooster, I know the hen is. But you know out of 200 or so BLRW chicks we have hatched, I have never hatched out a Splash Rooster lots of pullets. That's kinda strange.

LOL - I have two splash BLRW roos now.

Need to find them homes...

 

[burquechick]

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Yes, the odd bits of blue in the tail of the roo are characteristic of a splash. An even blue throughout the bird would indicate blue, whereas spotting of blue here and there on an otherwise white-ish bird indicates splash. That's really what the term "splash" comes from: it looks like a bucket of paint was thrown on the bird. This isn't as common in wyandottes as other breeds because they have other colors in them (red, etc).

edited to add: You're birds are beautiful. You can't show splash birds, it's considered a disqualification, mostly because since they don't always come out with the same "splashing" there's really no way to standardize type and come up with what's acceptable splashing and what is unacceptable. BUT, they are essential for breeding the andalusian blue phenotype, so their genes are invaluable to a blue breeding program. And, as someone else mentioned, if you are successful in breeding out the bits of splashing, then you could very well call you birds "buff laced". Also, of the three color varieties of blue laced red wyandottes (black, blue and splash), splash and blue are considered the most beautiful by most people anyway.