Wyandottes: Gold-laced/silver laced cross?

[Thatothercrazychickenlady]

Just came across this thread. I’ve been doing a lot of research on Wyandotte genetics. I to really liked the Blue and Splash varieties. I actually hatched out a Blue laced silver Roo and plan on hatching eggs from him and a gold laced, silver laced and Blue laced hens. All just pets since the colour mixing plays with shades but a fun project. I never found much info on mixing the colours beyond generation 1 so I’m excited to start hatching my gen 2.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I bred a BLRW roo to a silver and got a gold hen and this roo whos in with barred rock and speckled Sussex hens

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I bred a BLRW roo to a silver and got a gold hen and this roo whos in with barred rock and speckled Sussex hens View attachment 2038490

He resembles my colorful boy
Papa is Silver Laced Roo, mama is one of my hens...either Blue Lace or an Ivory, not totally sure.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

I really like the idea of the splash and how it is passed along.

Just came across this thread. I’ve been doing a lot of research on Wyandotte genetics. I to really liked the Blue and Splash varieties. I actually hatched out a Blue laced silver Roo and plan on hatching eggs from him and a gold laced, silver laced and Blue laced hens. All just pets since the colour mixing plays with shades but a fun project. I never found much info on mixing the colours beyond generation 1 so I’m excited to start hatching my gen 2.

Thought I should point out that Splash is not a variety rather a color resulting from the Blue variety.

The blue gene, aka andalusian blue, is a dominant gene that stacks in potency. Since each gene has two loci this results in blue color if one gene is present and splash if both are present. Black is no blue gene present. The gene itself dilutes black. Single copy dilutes to what is called blue and two copies dilute black to white with blue leakage hence the name splash. Splashes of blue on white.

I'm sure you've seen the charts that show what colors are begotten from different crosses of blue. It's easy to think it through without a chart and the fact that there is a 50% chance of either side of loci being used from each parent. Or skip to video below to learn how to do Punnett Squares. So a blue color over blue color parents, each carrying one blue gene, would produce 50% blue color chicks, 25% splash and 25% black. You know this because there are twice as many combinations of that cross that result in a chick having one copy of the gene as there are to no copies or two copies. Or easier is a black and splash parent, one with no blue gene and one with two. Every combination of that cross results in a chick with only one copy of blue gene so all chicks will be blue in color.

As for silver and gold it's important to remember they are sex linked. Hens only carry one copy and it is passed on to male chicks. So when crossing gold and silver based birds the pullets will receive the based color of sire. He determines if the pullets will be silver or gold. Males can carry two genes in that loci so a cross results in them carrying both, split for silver and gold. That's what produces the light gold/lemon color on the cockerels pictured above. If they are used in a mating there is 50% chance of either silver or gold passed on to offspring. You can predict the outcome % of offspring just like with the blue gene with this information.

Here's a quick tutorial of how to do Punnett Squares (predicting genetics):
(You only need the info in first 6 minutes- basic square set up. Or full 12 minutes to figure blue and silver/gold at one time.)

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I bred a BLRW roo to a silver and got a gold hen and this roo whos in with barred rock and speckled Sussex hens View attachment 2038490

Our boys could be brothers! Lol
Do you know for sure who produced yours?
Can you share photos of his parents?
I think it is just so fascinating how these gorgeous colors are passed down. I hatched out 4 Wyandotte eggs, I know who the Roo father is, but not positive which hen was his mama.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Our boys could be brothers! Lol
Do you know for sure who produced yours?
Can you share photos of his parents?
I think it is just so fascinating how these gorgeous colors are passed down. I hatched out 4 Wyandotte eggs, I know who the Roo father is, but not positive which hen was his mama.View attachment 3005076View attachment 3005078

Im positive on mine as its my line lol

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Im positive on mine as its my line lol

I may need to just be there when someone lays an egg...then I'd know for sure lol.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I'm trying to figure out & understand the genes, but I have no way of knowing the lineage of the 3 original Wyandotte Hens & 1 Roo.
Well, I do love the 4 youngsters they hatched out, so gorgeous!
I know their combs are not up to the standard quality...the original hens have good combs but the Roo doesn't...perhaps I need a better SL Roo with proper comb.
Guess I need to just hatch more chicks.
Chicken math strikes again!
Oh, honeeeeeey ...we need another coop.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Im positive on mine as its my line lol

Was the mama hen BLR or Silver with BLR?

 

[nicalandia]

Many Silver based hens from a BLRW cross will have reddish colors to their body feathers even if they are Silver..