khall you might do well to look into the other features that make Rocks, Rocks. Clean yellow legs is nice but what makes a rock is it's unique shape, head carriage and tail set. A few dozen breeds have yellow legs. I'd suggest getting and reading the breed standard, since you can't breed for something you don't understand. Including back length, width, stance, breast size and shape, wing carriage and tail set.
Those few people who have bred a gold barred bird haven't pictures that I have found.
Only a few people have toyed with it because it would be a major project, involving many generations, a LOT of birds and quite a bit of growing out and of culling.
That's a lot of time and money. In general you won't see the quality of adult build and barring until well toward the end of the first year, even the feathering after the first moult can be slightly better or worse.
There's throwing birds together and calling them gold barred rocks and there's actively breeding real rocks.
While one may be absently attractive to people who don't appreciate the difference between production bred and quality birds, the other has actual value.
Those few people who have bred a gold barred bird haven't pictures that I have found.
Only a few people have toyed with it because it would be a major project, involving many generations, a LOT of birds and quite a bit of growing out and of culling.
That's a lot of time and money. In general you won't see the quality of adult build and barring until well toward the end of the first year, even the feathering after the first moult can be slightly better or worse.
There's throwing birds together and calling them gold barred rocks and there's actively breeding real rocks.
While one may be absently attractive to people who don't appreciate the difference between production bred and quality birds, the other has actual value.
