Any I dea on what Bucky's cross is?

[Chris09]

I beleve it might be the way the picture is becouse if you look at the two above him they have Yellow legs..

Chris

 

[M To The Maxx]

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Very true.

 

[ella]

He inheirited white legs from his Orpington father because white legs are dominant over yellow. I have two Orp/BR same thing, white legs.

Bucky may be a sex link with a RIR, PR or NHR as the sire. BUT if his sire was the Barred Rock the other half could be just about anything as Cyn said. A Barred Rock father crossed over a whole bunch of different breeds would produce chicks that all look like that.

 

[catdaddyfro]

He looks to be a cross of a Barred Rock male over a Big red hen(RIR, NH, or Prod. red).

I've hatched out a bunch of these colored roos this is the original cross that Delawares were eventualy developed out of.

It's not a sex linkable cross as the males and females both are barred the males have the more yellowish-biege/sex feathers and the pullets are more cuckoo patterned than barred and are good layers of big eggs I might add.

The males make a nice table bird at about 6 mo. and really good gumbos from 12 wks. on.

catdaddy

 

[jeslewmazer]

I found GOLDEN CUCKOO MARANS at www.gabbardhatchingeggs.com They have a picture that looks similar NOT identical. That might help some.

 

[catdaddyfro]

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Marans have white shanks, Bucky's are yellow.

catdaddy