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Had a conversation with Ronnie about that. I told him I was a failure at using the henk's calculator and he just laughed and laughed.
The he said the same thing you just did, about breeding perfect to perfect and getting crap. He said those birds can surprise you every time. He also said to keep the good 'sports' because they might turn into something.
The brown red in the show was from the sport pen. He said he doesn't know what went into him, so breeding him will be a roll of the dice. But he sure is a pretty bird!
From other guys at the show, who breed d'Uccles, I heard other stories about buying birds 'from the best' and then having them throw crap babes. Yellowed out, or gold-sheened whites is a real issue I guess, from all the cross-breeding.
I gotta tell you, it was FUN talking to so many people who breed d'Uccles in one place!! I went back to DH, after meeting Ronnie, and said, "Honey! I got to talk to someone who loves talking about 'my' birds!!!"
He said, "Gee thanks, Honey."
"No really!! I can talk about breeding birds, and color schemes, and their eyes don't glaze over!!"
He laughed.
