Jubilee and silver laced. Years away from the final goal of course, but having the stock to select from and a very lucky break on a rooster I REALLY wanted has helped.
Being able to work with a few other breeders would be nice but, that may come in time too.
It is surprising how many...
Pedigrees do not exist within the chicken world like they do in the dog world.
Out crossing is done in order to take advantage of the color or pattern in another strain of chicken. Then bred back to the original line with the intent of getting back to original type conformation (look) while...
My wife fell in love with the Jubilee Orpington and the Gold Laced. So who knows ... I may take a shot at it in the near future.
One issue we face here is that getting APA acceptance of a new color is tougher than in the UK.
Good French black coppers are few and far between in North America. I was lucky with mine. The eggs are VERY dark. Many of what you see for Marans here are so badly crossed out to other breeds they lay a pale egg. Most Marans you see here are clean legged.