Cochin breeding, genetics, and showing

[SierraView]

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I have a blue frizzled rooster, from him I'm getting about half the chicks frizzled. You want to make sure to keep him with smooth feathered hens so you don't get a double frizzled gene. You can find tons info on BYC about frizzles. I'm not an expert or I would give you more info.

 

[Cakela]

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I have a blue frizzled rooster, from him I'm getting about half the chicks frizzled. You want to make sure to keep him with smooth feathered hens so you don't get a double frizzled gene. You can find tons info on BYC about frizzles. I'm not an expert or I would give you more info.

I did read about the 'frazzle' thing, Half frizzles are good, I like regular cochins as well.

Thanks for answering, any suggestions on what color ladies I should get him?

Also, do you have any pictures of the fellow? I'd love to see your roo! I've looked up pictures of blue frizzle roos and only a few pictures came up.

 

[SierraView]

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I have a blue frizzled rooster, from him I'm getting about half the chicks frizzled. You want to make sure to keep him with smooth feathered hens so you don't get a double frizzled gene. You can find tons info on BYC about frizzles. I'm not an expert or I would give you more info.

I did read about the 'frazzle' thing, Half frizzles are good, I like regular cochins as well.

Thanks for answering, any suggestions on what color ladies I should get him?

Also, do you have any pictures of the fellow? I'd love to see your roo! I've looked up pictures of blue frizzle roos and only a few pictures came up.

This is one of the chicks from my blue frizzle x brown red hen. I got a lemon blue frizzled.

 

[Cakela]

Ooo very pretty.

I was thinking of some white and black girls for him.

What would I breed to for sure get ore blues?

 

[SierraView]

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I would say a blue hen to for sure get blues

If I had to pick either black or white for him I would go with black. I don't know much about genetics, there're a lot of people here that do

 

[mjgigax]

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I did read about the 'frazzle' thing, Half frizzles are good, I like regular cochins as well.

Thanks for answering, any suggestions on what color ladies I should get him?

Also, do you have any pictures of the fellow? I'd love to see your roo! I've looked up pictures of blue frizzle roos and only a few pictures came up.

This is one of the chicks from my blue frizzle x brown red hen. I got a lemon blue frizzled.
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r9/jenjeran/2011-08-01_11-01-52_558.jpg

frizzles are fun.

 

[jbear]

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This is one of the chicks from my blue frizzle x brown red hen. I got a lemon blue frizzled.
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r9/jenjeran/2011-08-01_11-01-52_558.jpg

frizzles are fun.

cute!

 

[Cakela]

I was thinking black too... Isn't the blue color derived from black?

 

[lilcrow]

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If you're breeding Andalusian Blue you will get Black and Splash, but Black is probably more involved in breeding self-blue which is a dilution of Black.

 

[sjarvis00]

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If you're breeding Andalusian Blue you will get Black and Splash, but Black is probably more involved in breeding self-blue which is a dilution of Black.

Andalusion Blue is diluted black, Self Blue is the lavender gene.