Crossing a Plymouth BR with a Buff BR?

[Illia]

tadkerson, the statement about a mahogany/red bird being changed to buff with barring I do not believe. . . There are in fact RED barred birds out there, and there are indeed also solid buff barred birds, based off of the true buff (as in Wheaten, columbian, darkbrown, etc) out there as well.


I believe the reason your birds shown in the photo turned out that way is because the barred one is either not actually a carrier of mahogany or only heterozygous for mahogany.




To lift the spirits a little about Buff Barring. (white and buff instead of black and buff or black and brown barring) Here's a photo, not my bird. This is what you're looking for, yes?

 

[mtnviewfarms]

YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MY IDEAL BIRD WOULD LOOK LIKE!

Do you happen to have any additional information you could share with me about
the bird in the photo?

I would love to get in touch with it's owner to see how it was bred to arrive at that
result which is what I will be working toward if I pursue this line of breeding.

Thank you so much for finding and posting the photo of that gorgeous bird.

In my 'mind's eye' that is what the cross between my Barred Rock and a Buff Rock
would look like.

Elaine

 

[Illia]

The bird shown is a "Lemon Cuckoo" Orpington.


They're available in the states but expensive. There's also Lemon Cuckoo Cochins too I believe.


It's basically a Barred Buff and can be made from scratch too but I would think you might love the Orps - They're huge and fluffy, especially compared to the chickens you might be used to.

 

[tadkerson]

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The two birds are sisters and are genetically the same( except the barring gene).

This is one of the male breeders I used to produce rhode island red.

Your picture is a close up- a close up picture would also show barring in my birds. Here is a better picture of another bird.

The bird in your picture is a male- my males show the barring on red much better than the females. This is the father of the two hens. The mother looked like the dark daughter.

I believe the E locus plays a part in producing better barring. Wheaten and barring do not mix well.

Barring on a birchen based red bird I believe would work well at least in the males. The male in the second picture is birchen. I do not have any females at this time. Give me a few years and I will have something. A raccoon killed the male in the picture.

Tim