Here is a picture from a white male from me of the end of januar. He is not ready yet, I hope his feathers will grouw better out on his back towards his tail.
Thx, here are some more pictures of 2 females I bred this year. One much mottled oter one less mottled. Second year they will become much more mottled.
Second female
Both from behind:
Here are some pictures of a buff female from 2010. She is the last one from an old bloodline which had these charesteric broad heads. Her eyebrows are really heavy. Yesterday she layed her first egg. Last year she was with a roo who wasn't fertile. This year I want to breed as much young ones...
Cochin LF partridge in Europe...
In europe it is a popular color, but still needs a lot of work on them. The males are a bit high and their color could be better. The females their lacing isn't that good and they are a little bit small always. I will be crossing them with my big broad barred...
The leg color should be as yellow as possible. With darker cochins such as blue and black it is a bit harder. They tend to have dark legs but their soles of foot should alaways be yellow!
With white and buff animals you can sometimes have animals that have white feet. The whiteness can be...
Very hard at this age. If the parents and the grandparents weren't true cochins you can only look at the feathers of the feet. Some will already have very long plumage on their toes, these are the best ones. If the middle toe hasn't got any plumage I surely would get rid of these.
What do you mean with a decline in feather quality? If you mean that the barring become lighter it isn't the case. The barring is always sharp when putting pure buff barred birds against buff animals.
The bamtam are also in europe and they are recognized.
Yes, I now have them about 6 years and they are ready for recognation here in Europe in 2013. It was a lot of work. They were already entered in 2012 at shows with very good results. The biggest problem was that there was always grey in the feathers of their tales. But after selecting and...