Hi all! I\'ve been following the discussions on new varieties, and we are very interested in working on the blue splash bantam, since we are doing the regular blues already. we just hatched out our first chicks a few weeks ago, from birds John sent last fall.
several other people have expressed interest in doing a lemon blue, and we are extremely interested in trying this variety. I have a nice lemon blue bantam cubalaya cockerel, but I\'m not real familiar with the way the genetics work. however, this variety already has a pea comb, and pink-tinged white skin.
I was thinking if I did a second cross, using a lemon blue OEGB, with dark shanks, and then crossed the results of these matings in the second generation, would progress happen faster? would the tail sets of three start to balance out? and what color Ameraucana hens would I use for this?
and actually, where does one find all of this genetic code info- you guys are able to throw up these intricate strings of gene combinations, but how do you find them out in the first place? how to know what is dominant, what recessive? is there a book or website? I\'d like to get a little more educated, so that I can make slightly better guesses than I am now! :rolleyes:
thank you for listening!
