d'Uccle Experts- can you breed Golden Neck females to Mille Fleur roo?

[verycherry]

Just wondering, since I know where I can get two GN females, but I don't have a Golden Neck male. I do have a Mille Fleur male.

I think Golden Neck is basicly Mille Fleur with dominant white to take out the black, correct? ...or no? Would you cross them?

 

[Vcomb]

yep you can cross them. will probly result in goldneck offspring with some black flecking in the whtie areas, but not much.

 

[verycherry]

Fantastic! I'm going to get them, thank you!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I thought golden neck was when you added splash?

 

[verycherry]

I don't know about that....never heard that, but I'm VERY new to d'Uccles.

I did find some information yesterday afternoon that stated that dominant white cause the black spots of a Mille Fleur to change to white, which is what makes a Golden Neck a Golden Neck, but that after a while the golden background color can also start to fade, so crossing to a Mille Fleur can brighten the color back up.

These new little Golden Necks are just dumplings! Besides these two new ones, I have a pair of Blue Mille Fleur, one 5 month old regular Mille Fleur cockerel, and a new Mille pullet chick.

A breeder of bantams told me yesterday that the Porcelain color is basicly a dilute Mille Fleur. I thought that was a Blue Mille Fleur.....? But like I said, I'm new to d'Uccles in general. I need to look all this stuff up.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Blue dilutes only the black of a mille fleur into a blue mille fleur. Lavender (instead) dilutes both the black into lavender and the buff into straw for porcelain.

 

[verycherry]

Thank you for explaining that.

I'd like to eventually get some of the Porcelain too. Another for my wish list.......along with those gray Silkies pullets I need for my cockerel!