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Silver is a dilute of blue, blues will only produce silvers if they carry the recessive gene
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As far as I’m aware they are the same except that Schalies display some degree of chequering
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NeilA wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 10:43 am
Bowbroom wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 10:37 am Silver is a dilute of blue, blues will only produce silvers if they carry the recessive gene
Do you know what is a schalie compared to a slatey
I alway thought Schalie was just the Flemish word for Slate 🤷
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NeilA wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 9:02 am Then there was Dunn i remember the name as a kid and Opal was another
Don’t really see them now
Opal is very common. M. & D. Evans and others wrongly called them mosaic with their Gaby Vandenabeeles.

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NeilA wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 1:28 pm
king wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 1:26 pm
NeilA wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 9:02 am Then there was Dunn i remember the name as a kid and Opal was another
Don’t really see them now
Opal is very common. M. & D. Evans and others wrongly called them mosaic with their Gaby Vandenabeeles.

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Mosaic is two defined colours is it King
Yes Neil and these are very rare. I've only seen 3 true Mosaics in the flesh in over 50 years. And too answer the other question, Dun is Dilute blue in combination with spread is correctly called a dun.

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Bowbroom wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 10:37 am Silver is a dilute of blue, blues will only produce silvers if they carry the recessive gene
I was right then neil
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NeilA wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 1:40 pm Cheers King
I have seen only one with a red cheq one side and blue cheq the others the rest was like a normal red one
It’s a sport, very unusual and rare, the late Cresswell Bros had one called Union Jack for obvious reasons
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In germany we only the word schalie instead of slate. The first time i heard about slate was last year when i had a Schalie/slate in my nest whilst george was over and told me the color is called slate. So atleast for us germans usually we just call it schalie i guess.
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NeilA wrote: Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:50 am What would this be IMG_2593.jpeg
My dad always said that silver mealys are the ones that have a silver ish neck instead of the common green/purple color. But im no expert on this topic.
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Here's a colour you rarely see a Brown. This is one I had a few years back.

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