I created this thread when I was 14 I can’t believe it has gotten this many comments on it. That is crazy. Chickens and there genetics are still just as interesting now at 20 years old as they were when I was 14. And I want some bobtails so bad, glad to see they are taking a hold in America.
how could i create a mottled d'uccle from mille fleur, porcelain,white, self blue, or golden neck. i am using hatchery birds because honestly i just like hatching a getting into the genetics. I was also wondering how i could get just pure black. i was thinking maybe using white and mille fleur...
Hey everybody, thread starter here!!! Been a while since ive been on here. no chickens at the time but fixing to get back started breeding them. I know a lot more about genetics now.
Well I am no expert but, as far as egg layers there are mille fleur leghorns, and there are swedish flower hens which I believe both lay atleast 4 eggs per week. The swedes are bigger so I would probably go with them. They also lay brown eggs like a brahma, but if you are trying to make more...
I believe calico is mottled, so if you breed the black chicks from your above cross back to calico you could get some mottling. It may even be calico, but I am not sure.
I believe it would probably be black chicks with maybe some leakage, but I am by no means a genetic expert. I am just going by the different things I have learned on BYC.