Know what BBS? I first thought that we had more control on the hatches than we may actually have.... LOL -- For the first time last year I hatched out two chicks that are not 'to type' -- It is interesting because I must be bringing out recessives -- I had one little female that had some outside feathers on her shanks... they have just about fallen off now -- but as pretty as she is in appearance -- she isn't 'to type' -- and from my Dec. 30th hatch I have a little female that at 4-weeks is NOT showing salmon in her breast-feathers. This is a first for me -- I'm pretty much home-free on autosexing - and straight/upright combs, though not perfect quite yet, all my hatchlings since 2012 have nice crests -- and I have been really pleased with the color of the plumage, the colors of the eggs, and the production rate of the eggs.... I'm one of the older CL raisers here -- I've been around since 2012 -- when we really got started here on BYC with the breed--- But since as you said the breed is 'new' - some surprises are going to pop up. (Like where in the world did I get a recessive feather-leg gene?????? LOL)
I think that the only thing that we can guarantee for certain is that if someone were to get a 'non-standard' CL from me I would fully refund their purchase price. You could tell somethings by the results of the pairings in the past, and you could tell some things on day-old chicks---but my little chick that had the feathers on shanks -- didn't show up for awhile. Especially since I am getting a lot of requests for chicks... all I can do IMO - is offer a refund and refer them to the past results from the specific parent birds. My 'non-standard' are such surprises to me. they are from line-breeding which I just started this year...and I won't probably provide any line-bred chicks or eggs to anyone unless they are aware that these recessives could pop up. All the eggs and chicks I will provide in the spring will be from known pairs -- but sometimes the unexpected can happen....
Have you ever seen anything like this in a CL??
As you say we are a new breed--- and there are some really interesting 'hidden' genetics in the mix. This is not to excuse the ETA - looks like I hit submit before finishing the thought - Unexpected genes doesn't excuse the mistaking of male for female - but I think that Chamber 94 was right about the theory of the ones she sent missing headspots -- and so it could have been that -oooops! - honest mistake.......
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