Could a Barred Female crossed with a blue Ameraucana create blue offspring?
Only one bantam barred rock in a pen of pure bantam BBS Ameraucanas.. How would that create a blueish chick out of a brown egg?
No not much. The hen I held back is roughly 10 pounds. VERY large. She is bare backed and a very agile chicken unlike her mother. I have her in with my Buckeyes right now. She can roost 4 feet high without a ladder as well. I must get a recent picture as long as no one judges me on her naked...
You could just cull all frazzles. You get the best frizzling by breeding two frizzled together... I'm not doing it.. just been told this is what I should be doing to guarantee frizzles.
My latest obsession lol
I have blues, but not barred. I put the barred hens in my frizzle pen to make some frizzled Silkies :)
The barring is very obvious for the boys. They are full black with white dots on the heads. Always boys
Now at 1 week old the wing feathers are a solid blue! Not barred.. but they have a...
They are shown in the Silkie breed category. They should have the type of a Silkie with the only thing being different the frizzled feathers.
At least that's how the frizzled Silkies are shown. Any breed can have a frizzled counterpart. :)