pyncheon thread

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They may disappoint those looking for birds really close to breed standard, but I really like my Pyncheons from Privett... they are super cute, sweet, and actually seem to be decent egg layers. All of them came with pink legs, and 5/6 came with vaulted skulls... the other seemed to have a bit a of a tassel, but since I am pretty sure mine have bigger crests than they are supposed to that probably would be helpful in breeding toward the right amount of crest. I have no idea what breed would be best to breed in to get the willow legs... I live in the city so I had to sell the males... except one got wry neck and I spent hours saving him from the brink, and so I gave him to my Mom instead of selling him. He rewarded those hours of dediciation by turning into a little #$%* but he actually is really beautiful now and completely healed from the wry neck. Which is amazing because when he was in those ackward stages, and had wry neck he was the ugliest bird ever!!
 
Just throwing this out there what if you crossed olandsk into them they are yellow legged and may help with legg coloring? Where can I get a pair or trio of the Pynchon birds at?
 
Cross with Mille Fleur Old English to get blue legs first. Then cross with Mille Fleur Leghorn to give a percentage of yellow skin and green legs. You have to select for tassel and crest through each generation. This may take as long as 10 years but will give the proper skin and leg color as an end result.
 
Timshelton62 said:
Cross with Mille Fleur Old English to get blue legs first. Then cross with Mille Fleur Leghorn to give a percentage of yellow skin and green legs. You have to select for tassel and crest through each generation. This may take as long as 10 years but will give the proper skin and leg color as an end result.
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Willow legs are a combination of blue legs on yellow skin. Yellow skin is recessive to white. Blue legs are recessive and sex-linked. Blue legs have to be on the male side to get blue leg females in the first generation. Cross the pink leg males from the first generation back on the blue leg females to get 50% blue leg males in the second generation. The leg color will then breed true. Yellow skin will be something harder to find and introduce.
 

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