yes that's TRUE. I wouldnt use her on a show quality male either, UNLESS, that's all you had to breed with. In which case, follow what I said in my last post, select for best feathering as well as type and color and continue to work toward your goals. I do it all the time in creating new colors in the breeds I work with. There's absolutely nothing wrong with improving a line as long as you have goals to shoot for.
Like the above post said, that all depends on what your goal is. If you just want some nice birds for your own personal enjoyment, well you have those. If you want breeder and show quality then you definitely need to follow their out line above and just find some nice quality to start with. The beard and ear muffs should be thick and full with little to no wattle visible. The feet should have a very thick base of feathers and should be pretty long as well.
One problem with getting good color on millies and other mottled birds, the color and pattern continues to improve ove the first year drastically, and even into the 2cd year, so early culls based solely on color type can be difficult. Personally I never cull any mottled bird for color til their second year based on LACK of mottling, now if they are heavily patched in white, that usually doesnt go away, so a young bird covered in white can be culled.
What you need is a good buff to mahogany buff base, then each feather is supposed to be tipped in a black chevron ( a V) then tipped off in white for millies and porcelains. Obviously the black will be blue on a porcelain. For black and blue mottled you obviously cant distinguish the V but the white tip should form a good point as it goes down into the feather. Spots dont count for high quality ones
Like the above post said, that all depends on what your goal is. If you just want some nice birds for your own personal enjoyment, well you have those. If you want breeder and show quality then you definitely need to follow their out line above and just find some nice quality to start with. The beard and ear muffs should be thick and full with little to no wattle visible. The feet should have a very thick base of feathers and should be pretty long as well.
One problem with getting good color on millies and other mottled birds, the color and pattern continues to improve ove the first year drastically, and even into the 2cd year, so early culls based solely on color type can be difficult. Personally I never cull any mottled bird for color til their second year based on LACK of mottling, now if they are heavily patched in white, that usually doesnt go away, so a young bird covered in white can be culled.
What you need is a good buff to mahogany buff base, then each feather is supposed to be tipped in a black chevron ( a V) then tipped off in white for millies and porcelains. Obviously the black will be blue on a porcelain. For black and blue mottled you obviously cant distinguish the V but the white tip should form a good point as it goes down into the feather. Spots dont count for high quality ones
