Could you post some pictures of your toulouse x embden crosses ? I would love to see the colors and patterns you get .
If you’re working with real pure bred birds I think what you find out that the females are white and the males are white with black splotches. In my last two years I see birds which have a solid gray and I suspect that one of my parents are not pure bred. I tend to keep back one or two birds each year. If I want more Toulouse I bring them in from external bloodlines but I tend to keep some Embden. Another complication is that not all Toulouse actually pure bred, some of those birds are crosses.
Thank you so much . That is great. They are beautiful. I have crosses of my own but rarely see other peoples and wonder if there’s come out different. They do ! Mine have given me a few variations from saddle back patterns, lavender,solid grey, or white with a few speckles and some like yours. I suspect my original stock weren’t pure breed either even though the sellers always said they were.
