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Guest:
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!

Guest:
If it were me I would first cross a BrownRed and a splash( first choice) from Blue ( as in Blue Black ) and then as a second choice Brown Red and a Blue Wheaton Splash. I would then use these blue factored offspring back to Brown Reds. Keep careful records. I would guess three generations to Lemon Blue Females with lacing on the breast, if you started with Brown Reds with lacing.... Thurman.

John:

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A good starting place is http://marsa_sellers.tripod.com/geneticspages/page0.html

Guest:

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A good starting place is http://marsa_sellers.tripod.com/geneticspages/page0.html

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whew- it\'s like a foreign language!  :o  been a long time since I took biology, but a little is coming back.

thank you John!

Guest:
there are many lemon blue oegb with lots of body fluff and over sized so a cross to them for color would be pretty easy to get back to type in a few generations

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