Splash Offspring

If you breed a splash back to a black, what will the offspring look like?
I have cochins and marans that I have splash.
Thanks.

If you are just wondering about colour, a splash to a black will give you all blue offspring.

Thanks CS
Not what I wanted to hear but I do love the colour blue. Or maybe I will see how they lay when they get older.

foal0069 wrote:Thanks CS
Not what I wanted to hear but I do love the colour blue. Or maybe I will see how they lay when they get older.

what did you want to hear ?

Piet wrote: what did you want to hear ?

That was funny

Yep, black to splash that is what you get, blue. That is a very good thing for some people. Blue is a very desirable colour. I think I will have lots of blues this year, I have two black hens and a splash rooster. As well as a blue rooster and 4 blue hens. Think I will have lots of blues, and that thrills me!! Have an awesome day, CynthiaM.

I was hoping for some blacks out of that crossing. Lost my only black pullet the other day, went in and she was dead (not that I wanted any to die but it could have been my splash) I do like blues but wanted some blacks.

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R. Roo wrote:Does it depend which bird is black, the male or female?

No, it is purely a colour genetics thing.

foal0069 wrote:I was hoping for some blacks out of that crossing. Lost my only black pullet the other day, went in and she was dead (not that I wanted any to die but it could have been my splash) I do like blues but wanted some blacks.

You will have to wait another year to get your blacks. After you breed your splash to you blacks and get all blues, then the next season when you breed your blues together, you will get some black birds then.

coopslave wrote:

foal0069 wrote:I was hoping for some blacks out of that crossing. Lost my only black pullet the other day, went in and she was dead (not that I wanted any to die but it could have been my splash) I do like blues but wanted some blacks.

You will have to wait another year to get your blacks. After you breed your splash to you blacks and get all blues, then the next season when you breed your blues together, you will get some black birds then.

thats right and this is why i asked what you wanted for colour. , you can still make black. Just have to wait for the f2 generation and the black will show. If you breed the black roo back to the blue pullets, you will get more blacks than if you breed the blues together.

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Thanks all & Merry Christmas.
I have to run as we are eating dinner at 5 pm and it's 3:40 here already.

R. Roo wrote:Is it true that pure blacks and whites can be crossed up into splash's and blues and can be easily bred back to their pure white and black origins?

Yes, it should work. I don't have a lot of experience with white, remember it can cover many things. You can have some red hiding in there that you do not want in your blues and blacks. Best way is to do some test matings. I have hear about some people in Aus using splash to help clean up white, but I am not sure about it.

There are others that say the quality of a black produced from blue is not as good either. You will get lots of different opinions about this.

Remember recessive white is what covers up other colours and dominant white only covers black. Dominant white will show red through, especially in the cockerels who will show it on their shoulders. I am familiar with the colour being called Jubilee, not sure what it would be called here. I would have to crack a book to be more helpful than that. I can only retain so much and usually only study what is interesting me at the moment.