Did you ever end up crossing them? I crossed a couple of mine and I want to know what their chicks are going to look like p
Wow they're gorgeous! Will you ever try and market them under said name? Your hard work is really paying off! They're like living paintings!HI Team
Yup I crossed a Citroen Sebright hen with a Silver Pencilled Pekin and have been selectively breeding back to sebright traits (selecting against pekin types).
Each generation I alternate between line-crossing and out-crossing - with outcrosses always being pure sebright birds.
The most recent season I used project hens with a Citroen Sebright rooster - to arrive at a lovely selection of highly melanised partially laced hens that I'm calling "galaxies".
In generation 4 you can see the gold hen that has a few pekin traits (boofier tail and more squat body posture) - as an example of what you might get if you like a mix between both types.
Generation 2
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Generation 3
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Generation 5 (Current Generation - Galaxies)
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I'm just a backyard flock keeper really. I do hatch and sell a few youngsters each season to cover "some" of the feed costs but it's very much only a small hobby thing. This year I did advertise them as "galaxies" - and I've received many positive comments on the birds and their name - but the more hard core avian keepers are more interested in pure breeds, not hybridsWow they're gorgeous! Will you ever try and market them under said name? Your hard work is really paying off! They're like living paintings!
