The darker cuckoo D'anver crowed today and I got it on video, but since I can't upload a video here is a screen shot from it, this whole time I thought it was a pullet. Aubrey, do
You get very many cockerels with only one copy of the barring gene like this little guy?
And I'm assuming since...
Thank you! That is great info! I will show both sexes of the cuckoos.
I just wanted to say that these are the greatest little birds! I ended up with 2 pairs of cuckoos, a trio of black, a trio of lavender, a trio of lavender cuckoo, a pair of mottled and a white pullet. All from eggs I bought...
I have 2 light cockerels, 1 dark cockerel and 1 dark pullet. I'm not sure about the cuckoo. Is light or dark preferred for males? I did hold them quite a bit. Then when they could finally fly they would fly up to my hands then up on my shoulders. The mottleds are the most timid. Did you work...
They are cuckoo. Yours are pretty! Mille Fleur, right? I also have Mille Fleur, Mottled, White, black, lavender cuckoo and lavender. I don't think I've ever had chicks this sweet!
I would like to share some of my photos of my d'anvers. I hatched these from eggs I bought from boggy bottom bantams. They are the sweetest little things!
Out of the two pictures below which one is better for its variety? The lighter one, which is the top pic. Or the darker one that is in...