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Blue Silver LF
Mike Gilbert:
Silver male over blue pullet, then those carrying blue back to straight silver for several generations. Pretty much the same way the first blue wheaten bantams were made back in the late \'70\'s and early \'80\'s. Piece of cake.
FLFAmeraucanas:
Okay, never posted photos on here so not sure if this worked! Also these pictures do not do them any justice at all, they don\'t look this miserable in person. But it gives an idea of color. I LOVE the blue silver coloring on the roo, though he has a bit of red leaking (you can pretty much see the extent of it in the photos). The one Silver rooster has comb issues, as does two of his sons, so that will be something for me to think about. Hopefully they are correct in thier coloring, I\'ve never seen a blue silver in person and couldn\'t find any photos to compare them to!
As for egg color, he didn\'t have any photos, and they\'ve only been here a week (that is why they are still in my quarantine pens), so I\'ll get to be surprised when they lay...
Blue Silver Hen (She was pretty POed with me)
Two Silver Hens with Blue Silver Hen on Left and Silver Roo with poor comb
Blue Silver Cockerel
Blue Silver Pullet
Two Silver Hens in Back with better Silver Roo and two blue pullets in front
dixieland:
They are a really neat color!!!
In theory, could the silver blue birds be used to increase size in our silvers? About how many generations before we are back to the pure silver gene?
Before I get into trouble, let me say that I am not planning on trying this here in my silver pens!!! :p
Jean:
These birds are probably already bigger than most other silvers out there.
I hope to take some pictures in the next couple days of what a typical silver pullet looks like and how my outcrosses have turned out.
It\'s a big difference.
Mike Gilbert:
--- Quote from: dak ---I don\'t know if they are laying for you or if the seller said, but how is the eggs color and how flighty are they?
--- End quote ---
When I had them, the eggs were a light blue, a shade I would call ice blue. No trace of green, but not the darker shade of blue many people prefer. Compared with my brown reds, they were a little more nervous type of bird, although some were OK. I think they could be improved over time in that respect through selection pressure.
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