BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[CanadianBuckeye]

Look at those colors! Dark mahogany, gold, orange, black.

I think from the picture, he might be blue, which could explain that pretty blue chick copied in post 9377! Ipatelski did you ever get any blue chicks from any of your crosses? Rumors are that blue is floating around in the cornish somewhere.

 

[Kev]

I think from the picture, he might be blue, which could explain that pretty blue chick copied in post 9377! Ipatelski did you ever get any blue chicks from any of your crosses? Rumors are that blue is floating around in the cornish somewhere.

It's almost usual for whites to have other genes to help with whitening, affecting leg color etc.

Example- quite a lot of whites are genetically solid black because that helps with pure, cleaner white, especially when dominant white is used. Solid black also has side effect of putting pigment on the legs... get around that by bringing in barring, sex linked dilution, mottle etc.

Blue has been found to be present in some whites, although not so commonly though.

Just recently hatched a bunch of CX crosses myself and the chicks proved to have barring, but no blue.

Anyways yes Desert Chic's roo is blue, combine that with solid black from the white rocks= solid blue chicks. Likely get color leakage as they mature though- brown on pullets, possibly white or golden on cockerels if the rocks are silver, but if not then all will have brown/red leakage.

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

Update on my scrambled Buckeye eggs- out of the two and a half dozen, I got five embryos developing. None of the ones with detached air cells developed

but I'm not surprised, they were halfway to being meringue. I'll be absolutely thrilled if the five of them make it.

 

[lpatelski]

I think from the picture, he might be  blue, which could explain that pretty blue chick copied in post 9377!  Ipatelski did you ever get any blue chicks from any of your crosses? Rumors are that blue is floating around in   the  cornish  somewhere.

yes I have diluted colors, blue/buff, blue cuckoo, black, lavender splash, white splash, white lace red like jubilee, white, partridge black/red.

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

My last incubator hatch is 4 weeks old this weekend and I'm still thrilled with the results so far. @Kev Do you know if a cushion comb is linked with slow maturation in males? None of my cushion comb chicks are showing wattles that would indicate any of them are male, but one in particular is so large I'm having a hard time believing it's not a cockerel. Here 'he' is:

Monty (pullet? cockerel?) - White Rock/Ameraucana mix = 13.23 ounces @ 4 Wks



Some of my other favorites include:

Comet (pullet?) - White Rock/Ameraucan mix = 11.75 ounces @ 4 weeks:


Gypsy (pullet) - NN/Bielefelder mix = 9.88 ounces @ 4 wks


Simon (cockerel) - NN/White Rock mix = 12.52 ounces @ 4 Wks


Ziggy (pullet) - Ameraucana/Dorking-mix mix = 9.88 ounces @ 4 Wks


Peta (cockerel) - NN/Cochin NN mix = 12.13 ounces @ 4 Wks


And Quincy (cockerel) - Dorking-mix/Barred Rock = 12.73 ounces @ 4 Wks


Quincy's comb:

Very interesting, Quincy's comb looks almost like a duplex comb- like the comb that Sicillian Buttercups have.

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

yes I have diluted colors, blue/buff, blue cuckoo, black, lavender splash, white splash, white lace red like jubilee, white, partridge black/red.

That's one pretty chick! And all these colours came from the Dark Cornish/cornish rock crosses?

 

[DesertChic]

Nice looking fellow! And I really like your Rooster Cavaletti.

Thanks! LOL, I actually built it for chicks growing out so they could roost on something fairly low, but this guy developed a liking for it so I let him keep it until I placed him in the flock.

Look at those colors! Dark mahogany, gold, orange, black.

I love his coloring...and his build, to be perfectly honest. Even my husband has noticed how wide his back is and how large he's become. Plus...he carries the blue egg gene. BONUS!

 

[DesertChic]

Very interesting, Quincy's comb looks almost like a duplex comb- like the comb that Sicillian Buttercups have.

Precisely! His father has the buttercup comb. Daddy was supposed to be a pure Dorking, but wound up being a surprise mix with this very unique comb. Mom is a Barred Rock with a standard single comb. Here's the father, named "Q", both as a chick and a teenager:

 

[DesertChic]

It's almost usual for whites to have other genes to help with whitening, affecting leg color etc.

Example- quite a lot of whites are genetically solid black because that helps with pure, cleaner white, especially when dominant white is used. Solid black also has side effect of putting pigment on the legs... get around that by bringing in barring, sex linked dilution, mottle etc.

Blue has been found to be present in some whites, although not so commonly though.

Just recently hatched a bunch of CX crosses myself and the chicks proved to have barring, but no blue.

Anyways yes Desert Chic's roo is blue, combine that with solid black from the white rocks= solid blue chicks. Likely get color leakage as they mature though- brown on pullets, possibly white or golden on cockerels if the rocks are silver, but if not then all will have brown/red leakage.

I'm THRILLED with getting some blue chicks, and I absolutely love the contrast of the blue with copper coloring. *Sigh* I already anticipate struggling with the idea of culling pretty cockerels in the near future.

 

[Kev]

I'm THRILLED with getting some blue chicks, and I absolutely love the contrast of the blue with copper coloring. *Sigh* I already anticipate struggling with the idea of culling pretty cockerels in the near future.

Yeah I feel you on this, even after years of breeding, now and then there will be a bird that is harder than usual to cull simply due to something about their coloring...

Or being exceptionally sweet/friendly... or is awesome except for that one little thing you cannot stand.. or......