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Thats what I thought too.
yes millies to gold neck should be 50% of each.
assuming you dont get a lemon roo out of anything when you get your lemon hens,
yes the millie over the lemon hens should work as stated (actually should be your only real option to finish the project out side of just finding some ), will take you 2 seasons to make 100% true breeding ones, but better than not having some.
Now, I have yet to work with these hands on like Misty, so maybe she can add a little of how she's doing it too, I could be wrong....
Any tips would be good for me too though, as that's my plan for infussing the color into my millie d'anvers as well...
Hi Guys, it WILL work, but as stated, will take 2 seasons of culling/breeding to get the colors you want. I lucked out with some of my project birds on this color selection, so I've already got the cream/lemon to work with. Mille split to lemon will be of value when breeding back to your lemons and add diversity of lines. Your both correct on that statement.
ETA: If I've missed something in my notes or on the thread, please direct me to it so I can see if I've made a mistake somewhere in my genetics expl
There is only one thing I think may be wrong and that is the percentages that BBB stated.
Using the calculator when you cross a Lemon Mille Fluer to Black or Blue Mille Fluer.
This is what it seems to say.
F1 are Black or Blue Mille Fluer split to Lemon Mille Fluer. 50 % Pullet and 50% Cockeral
Now for the F2 you can take the pullets of F1 and put back to the Lemon roo if that is where your lemon came from or you can pt the cockerals back to the hen if that is where the lemon came from.
or you can do like I am trying to do.
I have three distinct hens in with the lemon roo. One mille Fluer one Blue Mille Fluer, one Splash Mille Fluer.
When I go to collect the eggs from them the hens will be segragated or marked with food dye on the buts which transfers to the egg.
in this manner In will be able to mark who's chick is who's and try to keep strait 3 different lines that all originated from the Roo. Tus trying to start with some genetic diversity for further Lemon to Lemon crossings.
we will see how it goes.
Thats what I thought too.
yes millies to gold neck should be 50% of each.
assuming you dont get a lemon roo out of anything when you get your lemon hens,
yes the millie over the lemon hens should work as stated (actually should be your only real option to finish the project out side of just finding some ), will take you 2 seasons to make 100% true breeding ones, but better than not having some.
Now, I have yet to work with these hands on like Misty, so maybe she can add a little of how she's doing it too, I could be wrong....
Any tips would be good for me too though, as that's my plan for infussing the color into my millie d'anvers as well...
Hi Guys, it WILL work, but as stated, will take 2 seasons of culling/breeding to get the colors you want. I lucked out with some of my project birds on this color selection, so I've already got the cream/lemon to work with. Mille split to lemon will be of value when breeding back to your lemons and add diversity of lines. Your both correct on that statement.
ETA: If I've missed something in my notes or on the thread, please direct me to it so I can see if I've made a mistake somewhere in my genetics expl
There is only one thing I think may be wrong and that is the percentages that BBB stated.
Using the calculator when you cross a Lemon Mille Fluer to Black or Blue Mille Fluer.
This is what it seems to say.
F1 are Black or Blue Mille Fluer split to Lemon Mille Fluer. 50 % Pullet and 50% Cockeral
Now for the F2 you can take the pullets of F1 and put back to the Lemon roo if that is where your lemon came from or you can pt the cockerals back to the hen if that is where the lemon came from.
or you can do like I am trying to do.
I have three distinct hens in with the lemon roo. One mille Fluer one Blue Mille Fluer, one Splash Mille Fluer.
When I go to collect the eggs from them the hens will be segragated or marked with food dye on the buts which transfers to the egg.
in this manner In will be able to mark who's chick is who's and try to keep strait 3 different lines that all originated from the Roo. Tus trying to start with some genetic diversity for further Lemon to Lemon crossings.
we will see how it goes.
