Furness Colour Genetics

[Athena2344]

Do you have pictures?

That is the pair that I kept, he has just started mounting my frizzle CB and silver Birchen CB hens that are also in there with them. The furness pullet hasn't started laying yet.

That is the younger cockerel. I am going to keep him too.

The pullet I kept as a chick.

The other pullet I had hatched, I sold her, and I lost the ladies number that bought her. Major regret.
All 4 started off with yellow down then the cockerels started feathering out black with color, and the females brown with color.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

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That is the pair that I kept, he has just started mounting my frizzle CB and silver Birchen CB hens that are also in there with them. The furness pullet hasn't started laying yet.
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That is the younger cockerel. I am going to keep him too.
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The pullet I kept as a chick.
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The other pullet I had hatched, I sold her, and I lost the ladies number that bought her. Major regret.
All 4 started off with yellow down then the cockerels started feathering out black with color, and the females brown with color.

Oh, I remember your thread. As far as I know, furness is melanized wheaten, so breeding to blacks and wheatens is a good idea. I would breed them together as well.

 

[Athena2344]

Oh, I remember your thread. As far as I know, furness is melanized wheaten, so breeding to blacks and wheatens is a good idea. I would breed them together as well.

Yes, I want to keep a trio of their solid black full sibs to use. So to start, pen one with the pair. A second pen with a pair of black siblings, possibly a pen with the 2nd cockerel and a black sibling, and a 4th pen with wheatens. And then swap roosters between them as needed. Any tips possibly?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Yes, I want to keep a trio of their solid black full sibs to use. So to start, pen one with the pair. A second pen with a pair of black siblings, possibly a pen with the 2nd cockerel and a black sibling, and a 4th pen with wheatens. And then swap roosters between them as needed. Any tips possibly?

I don’t have anything else to add, since I haven’t bred furness cochins myself. Your plan sounds good to me.

 

[Doug_Bolt]

Hey there! Ran across this post scouring for info and people interested in the Furness color.

I'm the above mentioned person who has bred a couple chocolate furness Orpington pullets.

I've started a facebook group if anyone is interested in joining so we can all share info and breeding experiences:

Furness Pekin-Cochin-Orpington projects

-D.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Cross Wheaten with Black, the F1 x F1, pick the Wheaten f2 chicks and many of them will have melanizers and will look very close to furness

If you need those resulting chicks together, would it breed true?

 

[nicalandia]

If you need those resulting chicks together, would it breed true?

Yes

 

[RememberTheWay]

I just found out about this color today, and I have a pair that I hatched out. They came from a pair of black cochin bantams that there solid blacks, solid whites and a few odd colored chicks that I decided to keep a pair of as they were cute. I got to talking with a guy on FB and hes working on furness in orpingtons. He advised I could test them by breeding them to wheatens and seeing what resulting chicks would look like, as well as breeding them to their solid black siblings. I also have a 2nd rooster that's a little differently colored, but I'll keep him and test. I have plans to set up a 12x12 coop with 6 pens, 3x6, and setting up breeding pens to test them. Do y'all have any pointers?

Pictures please of what your describing here?

 

[RememberTheWay]

Hey there! Ran across this post scouring for info and people interested in the Furness color.

I'm the above mentioned person who has bred a couple chocolate furness Orpington pullets.

I've started a facebook group if anyone is interested in joining so we can all share info and breeding experiences:

Furness Pekin-Cochin-Orpington projects

-D.

Just applied for membership