Splash - Who is breeding them?

[Jean]

I want to get some feelers out there to see who is breeding LF or bantam splash. (not the splash wheaten)

Please reply if you have been breeding for five or more years and if you have LF or bantam.

I will start.

I have LF splash and have had them since 2007; 7 years.

[Mike Gilbert]

Had bantam splash for many years but no longer do, as my blues were sold last fall, and what I had were the result of either blue to blue or blue to splash matings.   I could provide the required certificate, but could not show at a qualifying meet obviously.

[Russ]

I have some splash Bantams, but this is my first year breeding. Thanks again Mike for the wonderful start with the BBS Bantams. I should have a few nice ones to bring and show at Fowl Fest this fall (some splash & some Blue, Blacks seem to have a little to much purple so far). Unfortunately the late start hatching means no L.F. to bring. Oh I also do have splash L.F. I almost forgot duh I normally do not keep them though just the Blue.

[Mike Gilbert]

Russ, I would not use that line to produce blacks as these are silver based.   The best colored blacks are usually gold based, though I have seen, and produced, birds with a decent green sheen that were based on silver.  In fact I had two different silver based black pullets take BB bantam at past Ameraucana national meets.  But it probably wouldn't happen with the line you got from me.  They were bred to produce blues and splash.

[Sharon Yorks]

I am on year #3 of raising LF Splash.

[Birdcrazy]

I am just starting my 5th year on Splash in both LF and Bantam. Like Russ, I do not keep many Splash for breeders that result from Blue/Blue breeding. I do not breed Splash/Splash as I only use Splash to develop my Blues.

[Paul]

We have been breeding large fowl splash for 12 years.

[Jean]

John,

Did you ever breed them??

[John]

I remember having some, but don't remember breeding for them and would have to do some real searching to come up with guesses as to how many years it was.

[greeneggsandham]

I have had LF splash for at least five years, maybe six.  I know I had a hard time getting some when I first started as I could not get any to hatch.  After just giving up hatching them and getting chicks I have always had a splash cock and at least one to two splash hens around.  I usually set a pen that will produce splash every year.  I seem to always have some that grow out with way too much white and little blue color.  Any info from the board on that result?  I think I know the hen that produced that and she is currently enjoying retirement, but it still popped up this year.

[Ontario Chick]

LF , four years only

[Jean]

I wanted to bump this back up so that we may think about getting the splash variety accepted sometime in the near future. 

We need five breeders of large fowl and five breeders of bantams for five years for an affidavit as part of the process.

Again please only post if you have bred either LF or bantam splash for this period of time.  Below are breeders that I have down that look to be qualified.

LF Breeders

Jean Ribbeck
Gordon Gilliam
Paul Smith
Sharon Caywood
John Blehm (?)
Jerry De Smidt
Lyne Petersen
Robert Rennolet


Bantam Breeders

Mike Gilbert (?)
Gordon Gilliam
Jerry De Smidt
Alnice Nichols (?)
Robert Rennolet
John Blehm (?)
Lyne Petersen

[Debbie]

I've been raising LF splash since 2008.