What breed should I make?

[FeatherTay]

I am a TOTAL beginner. I know almost nothing about genetics, so I want a nice learning project for myself. If anyone has any ideas on a new chicken breed I could make, I’d love to here them. It will be probably 6 months - a year before I can get started because most of chickens don’t lay yet, but in that time I can do as much research as I can!

Here are the breeds I have:
Blue Laced Red Wyandottes 3 months, 5 months. ( male and females)
Splash laced red wyandotte 3 months (male)
Blue Cochins 5 months (male and female)
Splash Cochins 4 weeks ( male and female)
Blue silkies 4 weeks, 5 months ( male and female)
White silkie 4?5? months (female)
Splash silkie 6 months ( female)
Dark Brahmas 4 weeks (unknown)
Black Cooper Marans 3 months (female)
Welsummer x EE 3 months (female)
Lavender Orpington 3 months (females)
Lakenvelder 4 1/2 months (male and female)
Black Orpington 4 months (male)
Blue egg laying EE 3 years (female)
Green egg laying EE 2 years (female)
Black Astralorp? Black Sex link? 8 years (female)
White Leghorn 8 years (female)
Jubilee Orpington 4 months ( male)

I’m expecting to get:
EE <3 years (male)
Lavender Orpington <3 months (male)
Black Copper Maran <3 months (male)
Splash laced red Wyandotte (female)
Jubilee Orpington (female)

@MysteryChicken
@RoostersAreAwesome
@NatJ
@LadiesAndJane


The ideas I like:
Blue laced white orps

Please be harsh. Thank you!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

@ColtHandorf , any genetics they can use from this flock for what they like?

 

[Little Baby Bean]

I am a TOTAL beginner. I know almost nothing about genetics, so I want a nice learning project for myself. If anyone has any ideas on a new chicken breed I could make, I’d love to here them. It will be probably 6 months - a year before I can get started because most of chickens don’t lay yet, but in that time I can do as much research as I can!

Here are the breeds I have:
Blue Laced Red Wyandottes 3 months, 5 months. ( male and females)
Splash laced red wyandotte 3 months (male)
Blue Cochins 5 months (male and female)
Splash Cochins 4 weeks ( male and female)
Blue silkies 4 weeks, 5 months ( male and female)
White silkie 4?5? months (female)
Splash silkie 6 months ( female)
Dark Brahmas 4 weeks (unknown)
Black Cooper Marans 3 months (female)
Welsummer x EE 3 months (female)
Lavender Orpington 3 months (females)
Lakenvelder 4 1/2 months (male and female)
Black Orpington 4 months (male)
Blue egg laying EE 3 years (female)
Green egg laying EE 2 years (female)
Black Astralorp? Black Sex link? 8 years (female)
White Leghorn 8 years (female)
Jubilee Orpington 4 months ( male)

I’m expecting to get:
EE <3 years (male)
Lavender Orpington <3 months (male)
Black Copper Maran <3 months (male)
Splash laced red Wyandotte (female)
Jubilee Orpington (female)

@MysteryChicken
@RoostersAreAwesome
@NatJ
@LadiesAndJane


The ideas I like:
Blue laced white orps

Please be harsh. Thank you!

Hello! I know almost nothing about genetics either but I think that blue laced white orps would be pretty cute! Good luck with your project! Sorry that I am no help!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Are you wanting to make a new breed or a new color variety? Will this just be for fun, or are you wanting to get this breed/variety accepted into the standard? How important is it to you that each bird hatched is perfect/uniform?

Blue laced white would have to use silver, since dominant white covers up blue and recessive white covers up everything.
Blue laced silver Orpingtons would be easiest to make if you had both blue/splash and silver laced orps, but you could use blue/splash laced red wyandottes, it would just take longer.

 

[FeatherTay]

Are you wanting to make a new breed or a new color variety?

Either one, just something a little easier for a beginner.

? Will this just be for fun, or are you wanting to get this breed/variety accepted into the standard?

Definitely just for fun.

How important is it to you that each bird hatched is perfect/uniform?

Not too important, but it would be nice. I would try to keep the best looking ones.

Blue laced white would have to use silver, since dominant white covers up blue and recessive white covers up everything.

Ok, i’ll look into that.

Blue laced silver Orpingtons would be easiest to make if you had both blue/splash and silver laced orps, but you could use blue/splash laced red wyandottes, it would just take longer.

I may be able to use blue/splash and silver laced orps, but I’m not sure if I can find any. But I could look.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I am a TOTAL beginner. I know almost nothing about genetics, so I want a nice learning project for myself. If anyone has any ideas on a new chicken breed I could make, I’d love to here them. It will be probably 6 months - a year before I can get started because most of chickens don’t lay yet, but in that time I can do as much research as I can!

Here are the breeds I have:
Blue Laced Red Wyandottes 3 months, 5 months. ( male and females)
Splash laced red wyandotte 3 months (male)
Blue Cochins 5 months (male and female)
Splash Cochins 4 weeks ( male and female)
Blue silkies 4 weeks, 5 months ( male and female)
White silkie 4?5? months (female)
Splash silkie 6 months ( female)
Dark Brahmas 4 weeks (unknown)
Black Cooper Marans 3 months (female)
Welsummer x EE 3 months (female)
Lavender Orpington 3 months (females)
Lakenvelder 4 1/2 months (male and female)
Black Orpington 4 months (male)
Blue egg laying EE 3 years (female)
Green egg laying EE 2 years (female)
Black Astralorp? Black Sex link? 8 years (female)
White Leghorn 8 years (female)
Jubilee Orpington 4 months ( male)

I’m expecting to get:
EE <3 years (male)
Lavender Orpington <3 months (male)
Black Copper Maran <3 months (male)
Splash laced red Wyandotte (female)
Jubilee Orpington (female)

@MysteryChicken
@RoostersAreAwesome
@NatJ
@LadiesAndJane


The ideas I like:
Blue laced white orps

Please be harsh. Thank you!

How about start with a color project on a particular breed before creating a new one? This way you can learn what genes your birds are carrying.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Either one, just something a little easier for a beginner.

Definitely just for fun.


Not too important, but it would be nice. I would try to keep the best looking ones.

Ok, i’ll look into that.

I may be able to use blue/splash and silver laced orps, but I’m not sure if I can find any. But I could look.

Since you’re looking to do something easier, I would go with making a new (or at least rare/unavailable) variety. Unless you’re okay with the breed being pretty varied.

Using only the orpingtons you have now/are going to get, you could potentially breed black mottleds, reds, lavender jubilees, lavender mottleds, and/or lavender red columbians (basically jubilee without spots plus the lavender gene).

 

[FeatherTay]

Since you’re looking to do something easier, I would go with making a new (or at least rare/unavailable) variety. Unless you’re okay with the breed being pretty varied.

Using only the orpingtons you have now/are going to get, you could potentially breed black mottleds, reds, lavender jubilees, lavender mottleds, and/or lavender red columbians (basically jubilee without spots plus the lavender gene).

I like the idea of a lavender mottle. What would the base color be?

 

[FeatherTay]

Since you’re looking to do something easier, I would go with making a new (or at least rare/unavailable) variety. Unless you’re okay with the breed being pretty varied.

Using only the orpingtons you have now/are going to get, you could potentially breed black mottleds, reds, lavender jubilees, lavender mottleds, and/or lavender red columbians (basically jubilee without spots plus the lavender gene).

I also like the lavender jubliee idea. Would that be like a jubilee orp but without the brow, and instead lavender?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I like the idea of a lavender mottle. What would the base color be?

The base color would be lavender. Solid lavender itself is black with the recessive lavender gene, and mottling is also recessive, so it would take a couple generations. However, it would be easier to breed than lavender jubilee.

I also like the lavender jubliee idea. Would that be like a jubilee orp but without the brow, and instead lavender?

Sort of. Instead of lavender on black, it would be lavender on red (jubilee is red with mottling). Lavender jubilee could also be called porcelain I believe.