I want silver laced English Ors here, and Delaware Buff.....much prettier than Columbian Buff!Wheaten hens have black through the primary wing feathers and in the tail, males have black chest, body, and tail. It's that black that gets diluted by the blue gene. Wheaten has no dilute gene, Blue Wheatens have one dilute gene, and Splash Wheatens have two dilute genes. It's the same dilute gene as BBS, but on the wheaten pattern, instead of the solid black pattern. The blue dilute gene will only affect black coloring, it doesn't matter what pattern a bird has. Blue Wheaten, Blue Laced Red, Blue Copper, BBS; all different patterns but with the same dilute gene. The same rules apply. Black patterning bred to splash patterning will produce blue patterning. Doesn't matter if that pattern is laced, penciled, or solid.