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A wheaten hen with a white feather in the wing, I know should be bred away from but what is the rule in the show ring? Is it a DQ? May be a dumb question but I want to be sure.

This is a first generation cross of a Black Copper rooster and a standard cuckoo hen. I can't wait to see how he finishes coloring in.

Looks like they are coloring in nicely.

No problem. She is very knowledgeable. She has studied and breed them for quite some time.

I asked a friend of mine about this that is very tuned in to the Cuckoos and the genetics behind them. This was her response...... "They will be varying shades until you choose for one shade. It also depends on the rate of feather growth and melanizers." I asked her if the birds that...

When you made your cross Which parent was Cuckoo?

I had a GCM from Fitz Farm that laid half painted eggs like this fairly consistant. Pretty wild.

What do you think Don?

Must be Candace lol? I see an Ameraucana in the background lol. Looks like you have a decent start there with the Marans.

Looks like you have a pretty good start to me, much better than a lot of what I see people starting out with. He looks to have a nice long back and pretty good depth. Overall I think he has pretty good type. I like the hackle a little bit darker. What line is he from? And do you have any females...

Has anyone here created their own line of Golden Cuckoos? I'm just curious what the preferred variety to cross with the cuckoo is.

I'm still hatching as well. My wheaten hatch this year took a big hit when a critter decided they needed my grow outs more than I did. They spared me two wheaten pullets and two cockerels, a handfull of black and blue coppers and a couple cuckoos. Im slowed way down now since my ladies are...

If I had to guess your Blue Wheaten was probably developed out of Blue Coppers at some point. I don't know what your goal is in making the cross but I wouldn't recommend it. But with that being said they're your chickens and you can do as you please with them.

Ok thats what I thought.

What color do you consider this Don? I want to make sure we're on the same page about the undercolor lol.

Ya I won't be breeding him anytime soon, he's been gone for awhile lol. He's the only one I've had with light undercolor and the white feathers.

So you think that the slate undercolor has something to do with white showing up then? The reason I ask is because I had a cockerel that I got from a friend of mine that had a white feather in each wing but he had really light almost white under color. I'll see if I can find a pic of him.

Has anybody ever bred females with some black "ticks" in the hackle feathers? I have one with them and have hatched a few out of her. Im curious to see if it corelates to anything in the male offspring. I would assume that the females will have the hackle ticking Im just wondering if anything...

Thanks for the welcome Don. I don't know about being a good breeder or not but I'm trying lol. Hopefully I can learn a thing or two from you all.