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  1. NatJ

    Need help planning blue barred/cuckoo genetics

    Exactly what I was going to say :)
  2. NatJ

    Need help planning blue barred/cuckoo genetics

    I think this is talking about whether the final birds could consistently reproduce chicks like themselves, not about what cross to make as the first step to develop them.
  3. NatJ

    Need help planning blue barred/cuckoo genetics

    I don't think it will make much difference whether you breed two blues, or blue x black, or blue x splash, or black x splash. You can probably get all the other traits breeding true, and will just be stuck with the black/blue/splash genetics. Unless you want to look into the lavender gene...
  4. NatJ

    Need help planning blue barred/cuckoo genetics

    I think by now, autocorrect happens just as often as actual mixups about what word to use, so I tried to play it safe by answering both ways. :) Yes, that cross should give you solid blacks and solid blue, with about equal numbers of each. There may be red leakage in the feathers as the chicks...
  5. NatJ

    Need help planning blue barred/cuckoo genetics

    Sometimes people say "blue" to mean a chicken that is blue all over. Sometimes they say "blue" to mean the blue gene, that turns black to a gray shade. If someone bred a black chicken to a blue wheaten, they should get some blue chicks because the one parent gives the genes to make a black...
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