Campine Chicken thread?

[Drieslag]

No, but really, I am wondering whether genetically the henfeathering factor could have caused Campine chicks to turn out lighter and more clearly marked than they used to be.
Namely as they used to be in the old style Belgian Campine, and still are in the current Braekels.

Compare these Braekel chicks with your Campines above. My Chaams look more or less the same. There has to be some genetic reason for this different coloring, no?

 

[Oldhound]

I thought this was very interesting. An Ad from 1912

 

[Nickeyo]

I thought this was very interesting. An Ad from 1912

That was very interesting, thank you for sharing this with us

 

[Drieslag]

And we have another winner! Margaret Fullerton-Smith of down under New Zealand joined the global Campine map.
Welcome Taurimu Poultry. All contact info on http://campines.tumblr.com/worldwide.

 

[Drieslag]

Does anyone know if the Campine breeders on this list http://www.livestockconservancy.org...ecies=Chickens&breed=Campine&product=&region=
are still active? And if so, if these people have golden or silver Campines?

 

[Wisher1000]

I don't know any of them firsthand, but if I had to bet, my money would be on Golden Campines. They are much more popular here in the states than the Silvers. If you want, I'll call and see, but it may take a while, I am slammed at work.

 

[BYC Man]

These are all purebred Golden Campines, but one is yellow. It has all of the markings, but isn't the normal Golden Campine coloras the other 4 in the background.

Anyone have any information on this?

 

[debs_flock]

These are all purebred Golden Campines, but one is yellow. It has all of the markings, but isn't the normal Golden Campine coloras the other 4 in the background. Anyone have any information on this?

I've hatched hundreds of Campines and never seen a chick colored that way. Where did you get them or the eggs they were from? If they are from your own birds, where did you get them and do you have photos of them?

 

[Wisher1000]

Hmmmmmm............

 

[BYC Man]

Here is another photo. I ordered the eggs from a hatchery.