Posts by sjarvis00

Quote: Originally Posted by nicalandia  Sjarvis how is the Opal Phoenix longtail goin?   It is coming along well, The F1 generation should be laying by mid Oct. as are the Rosecomb and bantam wyandotte....

Quote: Originally Posted by TShelton54  Sjarvis  The recessive whie cross was done by Ron Smith. Recessive white can carry so many different genes hidden your results may not be typical. It all depends on what...

Quote: Originally Posted by NanaKat  Cjarvis...how are your Rosecomb breeding projects coming along...especially the Columbian? Would you post pictures of the Birchen and the...

To me Lemon Blue is one of the best looking colors in fowl, it is just a real task to get the blue even and the lemon color right. I played with them for a few years then sold all of them. Now I am playing with Silver Blue instead.

    Quote: Originally Posted by nicalandia  I love and appreciate your breeding documentation, this will help alot of people in the future, one question have how does Opal look on a e+/e+...

I absolutely agree there Marvin,  The second bird would make a better Lemon Blue Breeder bird and a cull Brown red as his hackles are too light. We typically breed for a very dark hackled Brown Red.

Quote: Originally Posted by nicalandia    thanks again Sjarvis for your input, now the yellowish down can be due to dominant white and the grey dusting could be due to the heterozygous form of dominant...

Quote: Originally Posted by nicalandia  is this bird based on Extended black or whats the e allele he is based on  He is extended black. no cross there, and is the father to the red pyle cross chick.

The Barred will have a red comb, face, and wattles with slate legs The Brown Red will have Mulberry comb, face and wattles with black legs.   Lemon Blue's can be found quite easily across the US and breed well with Brown Red...

    The chicks that start off with the dark bluish to near black down and white breast develop thier color a bit differently and quicker, they do not start off smoky grey and turn the dun color they start the dun the...