Splash Wheaten

[vanalpaca]

Can\'t find the chart, so how to you get splash wheaton?

I\'m confused about all the wheaton and blue wheaton breedings, so can someone just throw that up here? Thanks.

[Birdcrazy]

There are several ways to get Splash Wheaten. Naturally Splash to Splash = all Splash. Blue Wheaten to Blue Wheaten =1/2 Blue Wheaten, 1/4 Wheaten, 1/4 Splash. Blue Wheaten to Splash = 1/2 Blue Wheaten, 1/2 Splash. Wheaten to Splash will however give you all Blue Wheaten.

[John]

There are several ways to get Splash Wheaten. Naturally Splash to Splash = all Splash. Blue Wheaten to Blue Wheaten =1/2 Blue Wheaten, 1/4 Wheaten, 1/4 Splash. Blue Wheaten to Splash = 1/2 Blue Wheaten, 1/2 Splash. Wheaten to Splash will however give you all Blue Wheaten.

Just so some don\'t get confused between splash and splash wheaten (not wheaton), I would modify the above quote as follows...
There are several ways to get Splash Wheaten. Naturally Splash to Splash = all Splash just as splash wheaten to splash wheaten = all splash wheaten.
Blue Wheaten to Blue Wheaten =1/2 Blue Wheaten, 1/4 Wheaten, 1/4 Splash wheaten. Blue Wheaten to Splash wheaten = 1/2 Blue Wheaten, 1/2 Splash wheaten. Wheaten to Splash wheaten will however give you all Blue Wheaten.

[vanalpaca]

Next question, are all Wheaten chicks yellow, whether they will be the Wheaten, Blue Wheaten, or Splash Wheaten? I have 5 yellow balls of fluff in the brooder and one appears a bit silverish grey color to the yellow down but it IS under a red brooder light.

I\'m also trying to figure which of my dark ones are blacks and which ones may be blues. One is for sure because he is a lighter silver grey down, but the other blues are hard to figure out who is who.

I\'m going to go study the chick picture page again up front.
Thanks!!

[John]

are all Wheaten chicks yellow

No.  Some look more silver.  One guess is one down color will produce a different under-color as they mature ().

FYI, here are some links to old topics that may be of interest:

http://ameraucana.org/abcforum/index.php?a=topic&t=233
http://ameraucana.org/abcforum/index.php?a=topic&t=552
http://ameraucana.org/abcforum/index.php?a=topic&t=976