Yellow Splashed Buff white tailed ??

[LMEggs]

Heres the red rooster I used at one time

Heres one of my mixed breed hens from a sex linked breeding

And a splash hen you can kinda see the splashing of black on her breasts. some if the splash hens have more black splashing then others. theres about 7 that look exactly the same size colors (some having more splashing then others)

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I'm not sure but what that is blue rather than splash. There was a discussion about this on one of the chicken lists not too long ago.


They are all very handsome birds

 

[wilds of pa]

Is that last pic possibly a blue splash?? as you can see the lite lacing..

Charlie

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Splash is splash. There is no "blue splash." There can be a wide range in base colour, though. The lacing is one reason why I think the bird is a blue rather than a splash.

 

[wilds of pa]

O ok, i thought there could be white with black and blue with black..both are splash i ques would make sense, just 2 different looks....i know with turkeys some have the name splash blue slate turkeys..im just not a splashy person..

Charlie

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

The reality is that the splashing is a dark blue, not a black. The base colour can vary from pure white to a medium blue. Sometimes when the base colour is whiter, the splashing is a lighter blue. Genetically, and as a variety it is all the same.

 

[wilds of pa]

OK cool, thanks for the education

like i said I'm not a splashy type person..but we all learn something new daily..i know i do

Thanks
Charlie

 

[LMEggs]

the hen is white and does have BLACK splashes and I mean the deepest black she is not blue. she is shadowed my the trees above hense the bedding of leaves shes standing on.

 

[blackclownfish16]

I would agree that hen looks exactly like the dominant white barred bird that I hatched this year. It is dirty white that looks blue but isn't. I will see if I can find a pic. Mine also has faint ghost barring and black splashs caused by the leaky white.

 

[LMEggs]

I found a picture of this cock from a young age 7- 8 months and YES it is him I kelpt him because of his odd coloration. but his coloration changed.

heres him as of day before yesterday

I only kelpt certin cockerals and butchered the rest.
Also I found this neat picture of a cockeral I kelpt too because of coloration and size. However a stray neighbors dog caught him.
this cockeral has the same breeding as the cockeral above same sire but the hen was probably different.

I wish I still had the cock that I hatched these from but hes probably long gone. there was all kinds of varmits back then and there was that dog catching my birds. I only kelpt a certin roo in with my hens 1 roo at a time always the same roo for the whole year and I wish I could remember what he looked like but I racked my brain and I just can't remember...