Sounds pretty awesome. So what is the color Citron in chickens? I've never heard it talked about in this matter. I know that Citron is a color in Pet Python snakes that are albino based bred to other colors like Mottly, or Pie bald.
I figured out what Citron is in chickens, but it's not the color name. The colors that Citron is based off of is E^Wh/E^Wh, Co/Co, Db/Db, S/s+, Ig/Ig.
here is another near perfect example that I found on the internet. Great color and good leg feathering.
(his mother was the hen in my avatar)
The red cuckoo Orpington is gorgeous!
So you want something like my EE, heavy weight, Black Birchen, with light leg feathering?Oh I'm loving this thread with everyones project plans.
Needless to say, I have my own! However I'm a complete novice at genetics, but still want to make something work for my own needs.
We currently raise chickens for both meat and eggs. I'm already working on getting heavier birds, but my dream would be to make a havier dual purpose Easter Egger!
I want to create my own ultimate barnyard mixed bird, and the traits I'm after are:
Beard and muffs, some leg feathering, heavier carcass, mostly blue and red colored plumage with partridge or laced patterns and random colored eggs. Just an ultimate dual purpose bird that is also pure eye candy..
I can share some pics of what I want to aim for.. But will mostly look like a crazy Easter Egger (since I'm clearly obsessed with them)
Firstly, I have this gorgeous chocolate egger I got from a local breeder. I looooove the straight comb with the beard and muffs.View attachment 1992601he appears to be a type of Birchen Maran crossed with a chocolate laying Easter Egger. And while birchen wouldnt be my go-to color choice, his overall body shape and face traits is something I want in my dream rooster. UNFORTUNATELY, he passed away recently BUT I do have another one that looks just like him and is Blue!!! Unfortunately don't have a picture of him, but hes a dark blue with a bit of a less coppery saddle. (Wish his saddle had more copper like the one that passed).
As for color examples, if there was some way I could recreate what my Easter eggers have, I'd be in heaven. I would also settle for a blue laced red pattern/color as well.View attachment 1992604 View attachment 1992606 View attachment 1992607
I suppose the best description would be a mostly blue bird with red or copper leakage, but more than just leakage?
View attachment 1992608 Here is another good example of light leg feathering. he's my light Brahma X EE. And completely took all the columbian color and pattern.
Comb type doesn't matter too much, but id like the roos to keep a straight comb like the first pic...
I have no idea where to start to aim for what I want. I can only keep hatching and keeping what want and selling or utilizing unwanted birds.
Oh how neat! Almost what I want! I like birchen but id prefer that blue/red color, just like that last picture almost. But definitely more heavy weight too. Wish could see more of how he looked like.. Thanks so much for sharing! Right now I'm hoping to hatch an EE heavy roo to hopefully have him over my head to push out the beard and heavier genetics.
As long as the Pattern gene is there you may get spangled, if not you may just get mixed, or solid colors.
Brahmas are a great heavy bird for this type of breeding project. I'm gonna use Brahmas to breed our own meat birds.
