Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons

[Goose and Fig]

No difference, I believe. I don't know why they call them lemon cuckoo when the goal is to have all "double barred". A single barring gene makes them look more like a cuckoo. (marans hen for example)

 

[rancher hicks]

I'd never even heard of the Buff barred til now. Another thing I'm wondering is , are these Lemon Cuckoos and Buff Barred auto sexing?

 

[Illia]

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Neither. Lemon Cuckoo and Buff Barred are sort of the same, however Buff Barred may also refer to a true, good, slow feather barring.

But, yours isn't because a true Buff doesn't have black in the tail.

 

[nicalandia]

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same difference between barred an cuckoo.. sex link dominant Slow Featherin gene(K)... the barring gene dilutes pheomelanin to a lemonish color when mahogany is not pressent

 

[nicalandia]

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self buffs dont.... BUT you can have lemon columbian buffs..

 

[Heartlandrabbitry]

Beautiful! I just love the Cuckoos!

 

[nicalandia]

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WRONG...marans have 2 copies of sex linked Barring(hens can only have one) and are cuckoo, what makes a Barred Bird is the Sex linked slow feathering gene K, which by the way is tightly linked to the Silver gene for about 1 CentiMorgan, wich means you will have to hatch about 100 to get one of them K gene cross to the Gold s+ gene... but I have yet to see a Barred bird based on recessive sex linke Gold(s+)

 

[Goose and Fig]

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WRONG...marans have 2 copies of sex linked Barring(hens can only have one) and are cuckoo, what makes a Barred Bird is the Sex linked slow feathering gene K, which by the way is tightly linked to the Silver gene for about 1 CentiMorgan, wich means you will have to hatch about 100 to get one of them K gene cross to the Gold s+ gene... but I have yet to see a Barred bird based on recessive sex linke Gold(s+)

I am just going by the pics I have seen where people claim they have LCs with double barring, and then pics where they don't claim it. Some appear to have more white (double barring?) like a male barred bird, and some appear dark like a cuckoo marans hen (less white). I'm not sure if I am putting it into the correct wording, though.

 

[nicalandia]

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this quote is Wrong.. why? Barred Rock Hens can ONLY have one copy of Barred and yet they look Barred not Cuckoo....

 

[Goose and Fig]

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this quote is Wrong.. why? Barred Rock Hens can ONLY have one copy of Barred and yet they look Barred not Cuckoo....

Did you really have to quote my post and scream WRONG twice?

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