Hey, Are we still alive, here? I've still got my Nannies - rose combs, in Maryland, but it seems like a few others have dropped away. I hope it's just because Life gets busy and not because they're no longer chicken-tenders!
The fellow in your picture is pretty, but not quite there. He's an Ideal baby, right? I suspect that their "Nankins: are actually an OEGB cross breed-recovery project. It'll take a lot of culling and selective breeding to get them to where they need to be, but it's do-able. My own line is a work-in-progress, too, but that's half the fun!
The "throwback" coloring is that of the wild jungle fowl. I occasionally see a paler variation, but it's not the colorful patches of an OEGB, it's more like a paler dilution of the regular Nankin coloring - kinda like the dilute gene that turns a chestnut/sorrel horse into a palomino.
and BYC is great. I adore my Nankins and am really wanting to get some more going. I'm in central Texas.
