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You're right, my Campine pullets may be Hf/hf, but that would mean that the last years by chance normal feathered Campines should have popped up. In the early 1900s that was often the case, but I thought that all hf genes had been bred out since then. Or culled.
There may be lots of homozygous hf/hf Chaams chickens running around, only problem is they look exactly like their sisters. All hens are hen feathered
The Chaams breeders have been slowly pushing out the henfeathering for the last ten years, just as the Campine breeders did with the normal feathering when they started out. A work that may take some time.
Anyhow, I'm following up on your advice and will start a breeding line with my two Campine chickens and the henfeathered Chaams roo. I will let you all know how it works out and post a picture of the cockerel once I got it.
PS: this Chaams cockerel has a marbled eye, something which normal for Campines in the past apparently. Has anyone ever heard about this before??
I have a few cockerels with eyes like that, I kind of like it. Its an interesting color. Above, thats a nice cock! I like his head, he is very well balanced!