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Splash
May 21, 2012 19:41:05 GMT -5
Post by gayle on May 21, 2012 19:41:05 GMT -5
There are breeders who claim through strict hard core culling the splashes can be cleaned up. Always using the cleanest birds in the pens, birds without rust or the birds with the least rust. But each time you breed them back into blacks you might be putting the red golds or autosomal reds back into them. So if you have silver based blacks you are ahead in the project.
But I must say those pictures of Julies splashes and the avatar splash of korfus kluckers are clean crystal pretty.
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Splash
May 29, 2012 16:27:21 GMT -5
Post by gayle on May 29, 2012 16:27:21 GMT -5
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Splash
May 29, 2012 20:22:38 GMT -5
Post by gayle on May 29, 2012 20:22:38 GMT -5
It appears that his breeding pens are set up with well marked splash and blues.
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Splash
Jun 1, 2012 15:04:55 GMT -5
Post by gayle on Jun 1, 2012 15:04:55 GMT -5
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Splash
Jun 4, 2012 11:24:13 GMT -5
Post by gayle on Jun 4, 2012 11:24:13 GMT -5
Breeders who raise splash imply that breeding splash to splash will continually dilute the splash. (Resulting in breeding the black enhancer out of the bird, leaving little to a very faint or small amout of splash on the bird.] Which makes sense considering that the splash gene is a diluting gene. According to various breeders breeding splash to blue will enrich the splashing on the bird.. The strengh of the splashing on the bird most likely will be determined by the strengh of the blue that is in the breeding pen. Considering that a dark blue bird will have stronger melanizing genes (black enhancers) which contributes to the splashing. So it appears that the strengh of the splash is regulated by the strenght of the blue it is mated to.
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Splash
Jun 4, 2012 12:34:20 GMT -5
Post by korfuskluckers on Jun 4, 2012 12:34:20 GMT -5
That is what I like my spalshes to look like. I have noticed on the batams they tend to have little splashing in my line. I am not sure about others though.
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Splash
Jun 4, 2012 14:38:57 GMT -5
Post by bamachicken on Jun 4, 2012 14:38:57 GMT -5
Galyle I am working on some experiments this fall with Splash and blue colors. I have a six month male with the darker pattern splash. I am going to breed him over some darker hens that I need to lighten the color in and see what happens. I have another splash male from same hatch that is lighter. I will see if I need to use him instead of the darker. My three splash pullets have distinctive splash markings. Here is the darker male
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Splash
Jun 4, 2012 14:58:26 GMT -5
Post by gayle on Jun 4, 2012 14:58:26 GMT -5
Wow Julie It looks like you have the color genetics to make it work. Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
Gayle
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Splash
Jun 4, 2012 15:23:54 GMT -5
Post by gayle on Jun 4, 2012 15:23:54 GMT -5
Since we are now focusing on German Orps on another thread. Here is a page of German literature on Splashes. It includes a picture of a Splash hen and an illustration of a splash feather. Can anyone translate. www.sv-orpington.de/Splash,%20Musterbeschreibung%202.jpg
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Splash
Jun 4, 2012 17:42:27 GMT -5
Post by gayle on Jun 4, 2012 17:42:27 GMT -5
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Splash
Jun 5, 2012 8:52:28 GMT -5
Post by bamachicken on Jun 5, 2012 8:52:28 GMT -5
I like those blues except for the color. I wonder if they were trying to lighten up the color
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Splash
Jun 5, 2012 11:52:49 GMT -5
Post by gayle on Jun 5, 2012 11:52:49 GMT -5
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Splash
Jun 5, 2012 15:09:33 GMT -5
Post by gayle on Jun 5, 2012 15:09:33 GMT -5
I like those blues except for the color. I wonder if they were trying to lighten up the color Yes those are dark blues. What would happen if they were bred to splash?
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Splash
Jun 5, 2012 18:41:58 GMT -5
Post by korfuskluckers on Jun 5, 2012 18:41:58 GMT -5
We need to translate that page lol.
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Splash
Jun 7, 2012 9:25:04 GMT -5
Post by gayle on Jun 7, 2012 9:25:04 GMT -5
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