Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[junebuggena]

Oops, blue to blue is 50% blue not 25%. I have the chart memorized but typed it wrong. I know lavender is "self-blue" and I know it dilutes black but I don't know how it relates to blue specifically. My guess is that it pulls out the purple sheen in blacks instead of the green sheen that is the desired sheen color for blacks but I don't breed lavenders so I just focus on BBS. I did breed lavender gerbils before but at the time I thought they were just gray, lol.

So does blue to blue or splash to blue dilute blue more than black to blue or black to splash?

Some breeders swear by breeding in Black to keep the Blue from getting too light. Others insist that breeding back to Black makes it harder to get good edging. There is no specific shade of Blue that is more desireable, so it really doesn't matter if the birds are really dark or really light. It's the crisp, clear edging that is more important.
Lavender does not relate to BBS at all. It's a completely different gene entirely. You will never get Lavender by breeding BBS. Two very different, completely unrelated genes. A single copy of Lavender has no affect on black.

 

[pennyJo1960]

[/IMG]Just spent 20 minutes digging out waterers andblazing a trail to my coops. It's a mess over here with the snow drifts.

no corner on that today we have drifts a plenty here right now bout
6 inches or so it's great

 

[theceltichorse]

Got 8 of my 10 chicks out for a bit to run around my living room. They had a blast and I had fun laughing at them. Not so much fun cleaning up poop! LOL

Have one chick that has two crooked toes, but doesn't seem to affect it getting around at all.

 

[Hinotori]

We still only have a little snow. The silkies won't touch it.

8 chicks out and 9 to go.

The one with the aircell on the side hatched on it's own with no problems.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We still have 4 to 6 inches my greenhouse is flat other domes are fine
not the greenhouse

 

[theceltichorse]

We still have 4 to 6 inches my greenhouse is flat other domes are fine
not the greenhouse

Oh no!!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Quote: yup dont want to try to do anything till snow melts
and someone is driving out of yelm to get 3 chicks

 

[pennyJo1960]

one doa in shell beak out... 2 still BIG peeps HOLES not out yet
update of cord stuck in egg had to soak it this morning get she off the breast and unstick
cord from leg but still warm moist water does the trick warm back in incubator warming up more..
3 out the door to a new home Yelm straight run

 

[mixedbreeds]

no corner on that today we have drifts a plenty here right now bout
6 inches or so it's great e

Those drifts are just so nice to deal with just got finished with the snow blower it's been all day running that thing. I'm glad I put plywood and clear plastic around the chicken run or I would have had a real mess. Now lucky us we get 2 or 3 degrees in the morning and below zero for 3 days after that. Brrr

 

[pennyJo1960]

my chickens won't come out of the coop in this they are like no way not doing it
and you can't make me but bring some in we will peck it to death

they
love me to bring in two trays of snows they peck at till gone