I want chicks 😫 and these are my dream breeds! What are everyone’s else’s dream breeds?

Pampered chicken girl said:

Oh and silkied Ameriucanas are on the list too

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EEforMe said:

My brother really wants a blue laced red whyandotte! Also, may I ask what bbs means?

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AmeraucanaHank said:

What color is your polish?

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Pampered chicken girl said:

Black white crested View attachment 3185152 View attachment 3185153

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Pampered chicken girl said:

breeding blue and black silkies gives you blue black and splash babies. That's my best explanation

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AmeraucanaHank said:

Yes, silkied ameraucanas sound the best! They look like silkies but lay blue eggs!

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Pampered chicken girl said:

Black blue splash, the genes are similar in the sense that breeding blue and black silkies gives you blue black and splash babies. That's my best explanation

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EEforMe said:

Looks like a baby got a bath???

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JacinLarkwell said:

BlueXBlue= blue, black, splash
BlackXBlack= Black
SplashXSplash= Splash
BluexBlack= Blue and Black
BluexSplash= Blue and Splash
BlackXSplash= Blue

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pipdzipdnreadytogo said:

Actually, they still look like Ameraucanas--they just have fuzzy feathers instead of normal ones.




They're all caused by the same gene, blue (Bl). Or, rather, Black is the absence of the blue gene (bl+/bl+), while Blue is the result of one copy of the blue gene (Bl/bl+) and Splash is from two copies (Bl/Bl). That's why you get a some chicks of all three colors when you breed Blue to Blue, because either parent can pass on a blue gene or a not-blue gene resulting in a chance for any of the possible combinations in their offspring.

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Pampered chicken girl said:

Oh thanks. I am horrible with genetics. So 2 blues give splash and blue and black just give blue and black, good to know

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