Sumatra Thread! - Page 102

thanks, they've named her Boots, she's 16 weeks 3 days.  I took lots of pics of her, but because we were in the pen, and it was cloudy, lots of them are just so dark... but she has incredible purple, blue and green iridescent coloring on her feathers.  I noticed the yellow bottom of the foot when I was reviewing the photos, when I do get back over to visit again, my friends will set up a "photo pen" so I can get individual shots out in the light.

I got a box of 26 chicks as a rescue, they were mis-shipped and rather than let them die... I took them and rehomed all but 9.  The folks who own Boots took 6 of the chicks, built an awesome "covered wagon" coop and they are all thriving... I love a happy ending 

Boots looks like my dad's jersey giants, they have yellow feet also

i say more Austrolop or Jersey Giant then sumatra her body type, tail, and head or nothing like a correct sumatra!!

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Originally Posted by stonykill 

  I did not know that. Interesting

australorps have pinkish white and giants have yellow

We have hatched out black sexlinks from a RIR x BR that look just like this, they have the dark faces and everything. From the same black sexlink cross, you can get the solid black birds like the one pictured above, to black rear-ended birds with mostly red on the front end. I agree though, looks like a black sexlink/Java/Jersey Giant type to me...

what do you guys think of this bird as the start of a dun/khaki project??

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Originally Posted by G-Dekeyser 

 

what do you guys think of this bird as the start of a dun/khaki project??

Now THAT is a nice colored bird!

thanks Troyer and Stonykill! i bred him to two black hens and all the youngsters are turning out to be duns. I really like this guys colors and type(he isnt relaxed in the photo) but he only has single spurs and his face is obviously wayy to light, so im looking for good hens from lines with very dark faces and multiple spurs