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I thought I'd post pics of the two roos I intend to use for my main flock roos this year. You'll see they are quite different. The first has (IMHO) fabulous type, but he's too dark. OTOH, I like his hackles and he seems to be a very dark blue -- which would introduce another interesting gene...

Quote: I'm a "lady in TN", but I'm in Lebanon. Dunno if you're thinking of me or not! I've got cockerels available, plus one or two pullets. I frequently travel to Knoxville, which is at least closer to Berea than Knoxville is.

Quote: Hey there Nella -- I live in mid TN, but I frequently drive to Knoxville. I'd be happy to meet up with you some time. I have cockerels available right now, and I've also got two pullets that I'm about ready to place. One of the pullets is from Tate and has very very little mottling...

I've got several cockerels that need new homes. Unfortunately, my camera has been AWOL for weeks now. If the camera ever shows up, I'll post pics!

Quote: Hah, I knew somebody would say that.

Quote: My immature birds do it just fine all on their own. The mature ones need to have their butts trimmed. I'm not interested in AIing anybody.

Quote: Ummm....They're **supposed** to be 100% yellow when they hatch. As I've mentioned several times in the past, my breeder birds are based on wheaten. Thus, they have yellow chick down.

Quote: What browser are you using? I know this is OT, but I've never run into this problem before and my interest is piqued.

Ah-hah. Firefox seems to have that site blocked for some reason. I can see the pics fine if I use Camino or Explorer instead.

Quote: You may be having the same problem I have, to see Patty's pics, I have to click quote on her post and then copy the URLs and paste them in the search blank in a new window. When I try that, I get redirected to: http://www.directnicparking.com/ .

For some reason I can't see any of Patty's pics...

Quote: It can't just be the wheaten gene, since so many mille fleurs are based on eb or e+. But it might be a contributor in some cases, like my flock! ETA: my, those are pretty little birds in those pics, aren't they??

Quote: It isn't a silly question, the roos do tend to be a lot darker, and I don't really know why that is. But do consider that a lot of "regular" varieties also have roos darker than hens -- like "regular" wheaten, for instance.

Those are pretty birds -- but they're mille fleur d'Uccles, not cochins.

Quote: Do you mean dark red in the males or males with a lot of black? The excessively black ones -- the ones for which I posted a link to photos yesterday. Remember that regular wheaten roos have a LOT of black on them when they're mature -- so there's nothing unusual about getting black...

Quote: Wheaten (EWh) is yellow. Partridge (eb) varies, but is generally gray or brown body with a brown forehead. Duckwing (e+) is chipmunk striped. Also keep in mind that a chick can be heterozygous at the E allele. Wheaten down is recessive to the other two, so if you have a plain yellow...

Quote: Wry tail is like Scoliosis (sp?) in a person. It is a deformity in the spine. Because the spine is crooked, the tail sticks out to one side. It is hereditary, so they shouldn't be used as breeders. However, as egg layers they are fine. Right. Wry tail is when the tail is angled to the...

Quote: That's not quite true. All of my breeding birds have been wheaten, and I believe that Mike's birds are all wheaten as well (I may be wrong aout that). Also, I think that Lynne is working to get her birds purified for partridge (eb). However, it IS true that there's a lot of...

Quote: The little roo that I got from you ended up looking like my speckled sussex- especially in the chest. I'll have to get a pic so you can see him. Really nice. The hen has lots of white and more orange than red. I think they'll make some great chicks. Heading over to get some pics- if...

Here, finally, are the pics of some of my too-dark cockerels that I promised Krys. I don't remember what thread I made the promise in -- Krys, let me know if you see these! http://eggheadhill.smugmug.com/Chickens/Mille-Fleur-Cochin-Bantams/dark-cockerels/10302257_AowxJ