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[BantyChickMom]

Thanks blisschick for that info.
Not to be misquoted,

MM Hatchery states,
The original development came from crossing silver laced and golden laced varieties. After much work, the BLR was developed from this cross.

I never believed for a minute that the BLR came from just one crossing, and didn't mean to insinuate that idea either.

Still say the results would be interesting.​

 

[JudyMcKinn]

Well, I have 4 large, beautiful golden laced Wyandotte pullets, that I got, of all places, at the Jacob's Cave Swap Meet early this month. Seller said they had been laying about 5 weeks, and that he got the chicks at Cackle Hatchery in Lebanon. They usually lay 4 eggs a day!!
And I bought 6 Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets as baby chicks from Cackle that are now about 3 months old. Raccoon got one, which resulted in a frantic workover of my pens (which I thought were predator proof), and a spasm of trapping. Have done in 13 raccoons in the past month!! Anyway, that left 5 of the Silver, and one of them is a little roo, so now have 4 Golden and 4 Silver Laced Wyandottes (when the Silvers start laying) and a little Silver Roo. I am going to see what I get. Surely will be pretty, as the adults are really nice looking birds.
Thanks for all your comments and support. This is a fun hobby, isn't it?

 

[Blisschick]

BCM, no harm done. It's just that BLR's still aren't very well known here in the US, and the information available on the Internet is sketchy, at best. Leave it to a major hatchery just out for $$ to throw out a generalization of what is actually a complicated process.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

I think you will get an inbetween color. If you crossed a gold laced roo on silver laced hens you will get sexlinks. It will be like crossing gold and silver sebrights, a tannish color.

 

[hencackle]

This is some info from one of the breeders in my bookmarks--Colorsplash Poultry:
http://www.mothermastiff.com/BLR-hist.htm

 

[Blisschick]

Laurie is a great help when it comes to working with BLR's. She's helped me sort out all sorts of stuff about my flock.

She's an active member of the BLR Yahoo group.