That's great that they are colouring up nicely. All my girls have black in their tail so it must be something were doing over here in Aus, though only underneath, the top/outer tail feathers are all buff/red.
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As far as I know the colour standard people were working towards in mfc in America was the d'uccle colour standard so I think he's on the black tail. There is debate here in Aus about the correct base colour, Wheaton buff or mahogany so we may not be the same as you guys. It's hard when the...