This is my Naked Neck cockerel. He's about 5 months old and came to us as a packing peanut from Ideal Poultry. His red brothers have all gone to freezer camp but this one has such pretty markings I am waiting to see if I can use him to breed some birds for fly tying use. (I fly fish and tie my flies - I am aware breeding to sell to fly tying folks is often very difficult but I'm pretty laid back about what feathers I could use. I'm into scavenging in general and have tied lots of flies from feathers I found on the ground.)
I'm interested in using the chicken calculator (kippenjungle) to see what might result from mating him with my existing hens, but I don't know what color this pattern is called. Sorry I don't have a closeup of a single feather but here's the closest shot I have.
Basically it looks to me like some sort of spangling - each body feather is black at the base, then red at the tip, with white splashed in with the black, and white lacing around the red part. It's not crele, and all the pictures I've found of red and black spangling are red at the base and black at the tip, without any white.
So any ideas on what this is would be much appreciated. Thanks!
I'm interested in using the chicken calculator (kippenjungle) to see what might result from mating him with my existing hens, but I don't know what color this pattern is called. Sorry I don't have a closeup of a single feather but here's the closest shot I have.
Basically it looks to me like some sort of spangling - each body feather is black at the base, then red at the tip, with white splashed in with the black, and white lacing around the red part. It's not crele, and all the pictures I've found of red and black spangling are red at the base and black at the tip, without any white.
So any ideas on what this is would be much appreciated. Thanks!
