Columbian Rock Thread!!!!

[Yard full o' rocks]

Quote: undercolor is supposed to be slate gray

 

[nicalandia]

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thats also eb like... let me check... these chicks are from this thread, see how yellow they look? dont look eb too me, there are also other clues as their wheaten background... let me dig them..
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[Yard full o' rocks]

Quote: My desktop crashed, so I can't locate any chick pix, but mine are certainly not yellow at hatch....if I can find they I'll post 'em

 

[nicalandia]

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I definitely not saying yours dont look eb like, you clearly know how eb chicks look like, All I am saying is that I have seen wheaten looking chicks also... not so long ago I somebody asked me what was the difference Between a Columbian Phenotype and a Light Sussex Phenotype, because they look very simmilar, so I did a comparison, the difference would be that light sussex are based on wheaten and wheaten wont allow for back and saddle stippling as eb does on the males plumage

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

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Cockerels/cockbirds in Columbian pattern should have black stippling in the saddles and hackles

Here is one of my current CR males (at about 7 months of age)...what I'm fighting is brassiness in the hackles/saddles/shoulders. I am trying to reintroduce the Aph~I from the barred rock which is supposed to inhibit the brassiness

 

[nicalandia]

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I think your bird shows stippling on the saddle because he is eb, on eWh roosters(seen many CR with clean saddle) this is absent

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Quote: Do eWh birds also tend to be white legged/white skinned? I think Sussex are that way, correct?

 

[nicalandia]

I found one of you chicks(from you eb line) this chicks is 100% eb
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But This chicks below are 100% eWh(wheaten)
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[nicalandia]

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Shank color(white or yellow) is not affected by eb or eWh there are plenty eWh breeds with yellow shank color

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

I found one of you chicks(from you eb line) this chicks is 100% eb

Quote: Yes.....he looks very much like one of my little monsters