Washed out splash

[Sonoran Silkies]

Splash is two copies of the blue gene: Bl/Bl. Blue is one copy of the blue gene: Bl/bl+ Not-blue is zero copies of the blue gene: bl+/bl+. I do NOT call this black, because it is not necessarily a black bird. The colour of the bird is determined by a large number of genes. Blue is a diluter of black pigment. Not-blue means that any black pigment in the bird is not diluted by the blue gene.

(b is not-barred, a sex-linked gene; B is barred, the incompletely dominant allele.)

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I have to look up the combo's but adding the blue you have will work, you do not need a new bird unless you want one,

here's a start: b= black, I think the first is roo, second is hen

b on blue 50/50 Black and Blue
b on splash 100% blue
b on white Almost anything - there are 2 types of white, dominant and recessive and can hide all SORTS of colours
blue on blue 25% black, 25% Splash 50%Blue
blue on splash 25% blue, 75% Splash NO blue on splash is 50/50 blue and splash
blue on white See other description for white crosses
splash on black 100% Blue
splash on blue 25% Blue, 75% Splash NO blue on splash is 50/50 blue and splash
splash on white See other description for white crosses

b is not black; it is not-barred. bl+ is "not-blue" (can be thought of as black, although technically that is incorrect).

 

[robin416]

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Did anyone else catch this? If true then there is something else going on here, like whoever these birds came from was playing around with mixing colors.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Nope did not catch that. A washed out splash would not typically come from such a breeding. They (or at least not hte last photo or the one that is just a headshot) do not *look* recessive white, but that is a possibility fom that breeding that would fit. Are there ANY splashes on the birds?

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

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I have to look up the combo's but adding the blue you have will work, you do not need a new bird unless you want one,

here's a start: b= black, I think the first is roo, second is hen

b on blue 50/50 Black and Blue
b on splash 100% blue
b on white Almost anything - there are 2 types of white, dominant and recessive and can hide all SORTS of colours
blue on blue 25% black, 25% Splash 50%Blue
blue on splash 25% blue, 75% Splash NO blue on splash is 50/50 blue and splash
blue on white See other description for white crosses
splash on black 100% Blue
splash on blue 25% Blue, 75% Splash NO blue on splash is 50/50 blue and splash
splash on white See other description for white crosses

b is not black; it is not-barred. bl+ is "not-blue" (can be thought of as black, although technically that is incorrect).

for this example black works, i found this, i didn't write it, it is an examlpe only

 

[tgrlily]

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From the pics it doesn't look like there are.

What does a recessive white silkie look like? I didn't realize you could tell by looking at one.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Dominant white can be quite leaky; recessive white is much less leaky.

 

[kasey08]

One has very few spots. The other has none that Ive seen. I have also had a partridge hatch from this trio. But it died very young. What do you think is going on?