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    Black crested white polish hatching eggs?

    There is a Facebook group for BCW. Not many post, but if anyone is selling eggs. They may post there.
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    Black crested White Polish

    Are you currently breeding BCW?
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    Black crested White Polish

    I think the best ones are ewh based
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    Black crested White Polish

    Don't make assumptions about which e alleles are making the best BCW. My birds have at least eb, ER and ewh. Charcoal may be the gene that makes BCW but as far as I know it not been mapped.
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    Black crested White Polish

    I'm not sure how many genes are involved in either of this, but it is reasonable that they are related.
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    Black crested White Polish

    The buffs are all pullets.
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    Black crested White Polish

    There is a great deal of variation in color and crest size.
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    Black crested White Polish

    These small crest don't look like splits.
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    Black crested White Polish

    Good. I have culled this year's chicks down to about 3 dozen. They are 2 to 4 months old. Every one of this year's hatches fall into some sore if cross. Therefore none have everything I'm looking for, but many are promising.
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    Black crested White Polish

    The goal for the Silver Laced x BCW was not to clean the bodies of black. That cross is to improve vigor and type. Because BCW are poor in both. The cross with buff Orpingtons was to get the right genes for clean, no black bodies. But Orpington have a completely different type which must be...
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    Black crested White Polish

    These are f2 from buff x BCW
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