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Considering an American Bresse x Buckeye cross, please give input

Bresse are dominant white
Buckeye are red Columbian
Crossing a Bresse male over Buckeye female will give Pea Combed offspring that are mostly white possibly with red leakage.
The Bresse are actually recessive white.

I am trying to find out what could hide under the recessive white, the literature is quite scarce for this breed
 
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Im picking up a buff chantecler and two dark cornish hens this May to check out their growth and laying rates but mainly I want to work with the Bresse and Buckeyes because from what I've been reading they both grow relatively quickly and lay well. I am interested in the double breast quality of the cornish, but its hard to find a good source for the white cornish and I can only find hatchery quality dark cornish. I've been thinking of working some nursery quality Delawares into the mix but that might be a year or two away.

Is it a good idea to breed in the double breast from a dark cornish hen crossed to either a male buckeye or bresse or is it best to have use the dark cornish roo on a hen?

Overall I want a chicken that has a pea comb, preferably mostly white with maybe a little color leakage, good broiler weight after being on pasture after ~12-16 wks and overall the ability to keep choice hens for egg good egg laying.
Curious what happened On the Bresse buckeye cross? Something I was also considering….
 

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