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Are you looking for birds or eggs? I have a recessive white rooster on white-carrying salmon hens. I get quite a few whites out of the pairing. I should have eggs once it cools down, and maybe chicks next spring.
I'm looking for birds. I wish I could have a breeding program, but right now the only thing I can do is show my birds. Mainly this is because I have no way to get rid of extra birds, especially roosters. I was lucky when I did hatch a couple of clutches that I could find homes for all of them, but chicks are easier. I have some nice-looking birds right now that I have offered for several weeks now, and can't find homes for them. So, I feel like I might be wasting that white gene because I could only show the girls, and not breed them. I only have a bantam rooster, and I'm lucky he's pretty quiet so my neighbors don't mind. I don't think that would happen with a LF roo. Thank you so much!
Speaking of the gene, what is the difference between recessive white and white-carrying? Or, are they that same?
I'm not really sure of the difference of carrying whites, and white spots visually. I'm not very good with genetics still, but as I see it, the white-carrying or white recessive salmon birds, are Salmon colored birds with a recessive white gene. When breeding two Salmon Faverolles once in a while you'll get a white sport. My rooster is a white sport. He has genes for Salmon but is white. In places, the salmon leaks through, but not very much. I bred him to my Recessive white carrying Salmon hen this year and got quite a few whites out of it. They were nice looking birds, but I would need to be pickier with the coloring on the boys if you were to show them I think. Out of 8 roosters 3 came out pristine white. The other three had blotches of salmon color on their tails. I noticed, as one pullet got older, that she developed some salmon tinting on her back, very light, but noticeable. Thats where I don't understand the Recessive whites. Because they aren't perfectly white. So can they be shown as whites?
I also heard from another breeder that you can breed the recessive white Faverolles back to Salmon if you wanted, as well.
I'm moving right now, but I can put you on a list for my next batch of white chicks if you were interested. You would probably need to talk more to more experienced breeders about the show-ability of the white sports and recessive whites though.
Are you looking for birds or eggs? I have a recessive white rooster on white-carrying salmon hens. I get quite a few whites out of the pairing. I should have eggs once it cools down, and maybe chicks next spring.
I'm looking for birds. I wish I could have a breeding program, but right now the only thing I can do is show my birds. Mainly this is because I have no way to get rid of extra birds, especially roosters. I was lucky when I did hatch a couple of clutches that I could find homes for all of them, but chicks are easier. I have some nice-looking birds right now that I have offered for several weeks now, and can't find homes for them. So, I feel like I might be wasting that white gene because I could only show the girls, and not breed them. I only have a bantam rooster, and I'm lucky he's pretty quiet so my neighbors don't mind. I don't think that would happen with a LF roo. Thank you so much!
Speaking of the gene, what is the difference between recessive white and white-carrying? Or, are they that same?
I'm not really sure of the difference of carrying whites, and white spots visually. I'm not very good with genetics still, but as I see it, the white-carrying or white recessive salmon birds, are Salmon colored birds with a recessive white gene. When breeding two Salmon Faverolles once in a while you'll get a white sport. My rooster is a white sport. He has genes for Salmon but is white. In places, the salmon leaks through, but not very much. I bred him to my Recessive white carrying Salmon hen this year and got quite a few whites out of it. They were nice looking birds, but I would need to be pickier with the coloring on the boys if you were to show them I think. Out of 8 roosters 3 came out pristine white. The other three had blotches of salmon color on their tails. I noticed, as one pullet got older, that she developed some salmon tinting on her back, very light, but noticeable. Thats where I don't understand the Recessive whites. Because they aren't perfectly white. So can they be shown as whites?
I also heard from another breeder that you can breed the recessive white Faverolles back to Salmon if you wanted, as well.
I'm moving right now, but I can put you on a list for my next batch of white chicks if you were interested. You would probably need to talk more to more experienced breeders about the show-ability of the white sports and recessive whites though.
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