I love her lacing.
Speaking of lacing, after our BLRW molted in fall their lacing hasn't come back as crisp and clean as it was before the molt. One still has her crisp lacing, one has reasonable lacing still, and two have... not messy looking lacing, but it's not as crisp as it was. Has...
Breed SLW rooster over a Splash Laced Red hen. Females will be silver, maybe with leakage. Keep the ones with the least leakage and breed back to SLW. Repeat.
I've always wondered this too, but even with Orpingtons they are Gold Laced with the black lacing, but with blue lacing they are called Blue Laced Gold.
We don't heat our coops either. We brood in the house for 1-2 weeks, then move them to an insulated building with a heater (60-70 degrees) and gradually reduce heat in there. When they are fully feathered they move again, to a shed with no heating and we gradually reduce the lamps. In the north...
I would try putting her with another rooster (any rooster!) and see if they can produce any fertile eggs. If they do, I would say they are too inbred. If not then you need to find another hen. :(
That is adorable. :)
None of my Blrw have gone broody... Yet. They are about 1.5 years old. They have cut down on laying in this heat and humidity though.
We are still selling eggs. We have all pure Foley birds. One trio and a quad is laying at the moment... the heat hasn't affected them so far.
BTW we are in West TN.