Both parents are pretty well marked. I think the females could be better marked on their neck areas. Very interesting. Thank you. And I promise to use splash and now pyle! :)
Ok, just a question. I am so confused by the chicken genetic calculators! I have blue partridge brahmas and gold partridge brahmas. My Blue partridge roo over a blue partridge hen will throw what colors? I know bluexblue can throw blue, splash and black...but what about the partridge pattern...
She's about 9 months old so still young yet. My gold partridge boys do have really nice heads and I'm actually picking up a 10 month old blue partridge trio tomorrow. I don't have a good picture of his head but the girls seem a little nicer than my current pullet so we'll see!
They are only 4 months so they are not completely feathered in. I'm also a noob with the brahmas so I have no idea how they might appear in a young bird.
Does anyone have pictures of VH on a young bird? I have two partridge cockerels that I'm thinking might have VH. I'll be bummed if they both do as I wanted to use one of them for breeding. I do have another black partridge cockerel coming my way so hopefully he's clean hocked.
WOW!!! I just finished reading through all 26 wonderful pages and I am just blown away by the amount of knowledge here! And of course the birds are just STUNNING! I'm a newbie to the chicken world, having just moved into my first house over the summer. I've got 11 chicks ranging from 8 weeks to...