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My Dickerson Cuckoo that was given to me at Crossroads now has his daughter in with him. I screwed up and gave one other of his daughters away for free this past year. Nice 4 to 5 color eggs comes from her. I will hatch out very few to see what I can make with him. He was free, so I do not expect the highest quality. But heck it is a start with Cuckoos.
I did a quick look through my pens and have decided to not use any cuckoos with the birchen look. I have 2 pullets/hens that look like your girl on the right and they are going to be removed from my cuckoo pen. With your roo it is going to be hard to breed AWAY from that look. I like the look, just not what the SOP is going to be from my understanding. Also you hen on the right looks to have yellow legs.
Cuckoo should look like a Barred rock in the barring. By that I mean nice even barring all over. No darker or lighter places like the wings, hackles and saddle feathers. Your roo would be good to breed for some Birchen Marans maybe (if he is not carrying yellow legs) but you would need some solid marans not carrying copper and they are hard to find.
My Dickerson Cuckoo that was given to me at Crossroads now has his daughter in with him. I screwed up and gave one other of his daughters away for free this past year. Nice 4 to 5 color eggs comes from her. I will hatch out very few to see what I can make with him. He was free, so I do not expect the highest quality. But heck it is a start with Cuckoos.
He is a silver cuckoo and actually very cool looking. Dick was giving away a bunch in Newnan too he said his new barn is to small for all of his chickens.
It will be interesting to see the chicks with the Er hen on the right too. Does she have yellow legs/beak? They look a little peachy.
-Nicol