I m hopping to catch up for last few years I lost in breeding ,my chooks now they are in they prime ,next breeding season june 2026 they will be 2 and half years old peek of they breeding life .
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Babycorn ,daughter of Unicorn X Enkido ( her son ) she is a white pattern golden duckwing .her genome is some thing like this = Ewh/ e+ s+/- I/i+. Pti1/Pti1. etc...........
I m working with her daughters and grand son s
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love they look .Red Pyle pattern ,
chooks man
but she is good looking plus her egg is nice , some they take time to mature . i have few of them like that 12 to months to reach they full size .
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he is a very good looking young rooster hope he will put some weight for you ,shame the frost damaged his comb ,you never had a good luck with combs because of the cold .love his pure silver and wide legs spacing ,I do love every thing about hin great conformation . Bravo . your line is well...
you know my friend ,genes don t express them selves is rational matter , I think they where bred with a solid black to maintain the dark plumage ,but they forgot to correct the feet ,
they harking seen good to me true Dark cuckoo cockerels line ,but they legs color should be pinkish /white not slate because of the cuckoo gene, they must have some extra Melanin .that why they hackle is dark too .I m just assuming not sure because genetically doesn t make sense .
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yes you are ,what you are saying is true ,plus the French SOP call for more smoky lighter under Fluff that what make the plumage look vague ,true cuckoo wild pattern , the English call for darker Blackish type under Fluff so the cuckoo pattern become crisp true contrast between the black plumage...
we are in a similar situation ,both looking for land for our selves to live on ,I have no problem with how many roosters I can have but still my friend land and it is a rental ,one more year and half and the lease will end ,actually this place is for sale .
I did see in English Club FB page some...
French silver cuckoo marans hen bred in 2022 ,she is from my line .
Shameera her name ,she is ER/Er .S/- B/b+ect................ she has a lovely lighter hackle ,what the French SOP call for .
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here a photo of my original silver English cuckoo marans imported as fertile egg in 2014 and sold to me his 2 sisters and brother all died poor management .I offered the guy good money for his he could not refuse .,you can see from the photos he was all bashed and not well looked after ,he made...
I like her too she has better Dark cuckoo pattern I think ,
how are you breeding them ,do you have a Dark cuckoo rooster ? other wise how are you maintainning the dark uniform pattern ?
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