help please! what breed is he?

[slim1986]

Well thanks everyone! All I know is he's a beautiful bird!

 

[hdowden]

his color is creole, as far as breed he's not a chantecler, they have yellow colored legs not slate like his, and they have no feathers on their legs and you can see that he does have feathered legs. hmmm

 

[angie3881]

I'm dying to know because I want one!! He is CUTE! I hope you find out!

 

[Pele]

I believe he's a mix of Cuckoo Belgian D'Anver or Hamburg and a Salmon Faverolle.

 

[hdowden]

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would thatg make creole coloring since he is creole?

 

[Pele]

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would thatg make creole coloring since he is creole?

That's a good question. I am not a breeder for the creole coloring, but from what I understand, you get creole by crossing a barred gene with wild type or Black breasted red genes. I wrestled with this one because I am not certain that a Salmon Faverolle has the BBR genes (not sure if the Salmon qualifies for the red), but it does have the leg feathering gene present on this bird. Perhaps a Belguim bantam could have contributed the feathered gene, but this bird is a standard size, so that doesn't quite fit either.

Now, to complicate things further, you CAN cross a creole with a creole, but I've heard it would produce a really muted and faded color. Which, now that I'm thinking about it, could explain why this bird is such a muted color (I was almost tempted to say he wasn't creole).

I'd really like to see if any creole breeders can weigh in on this one. It's an interesting mental excersize!

 

[hdowden]

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would thatg make creole coloring since he is creole?

That's a good question. I am not a breeder for the creole coloring, but from what I understand, you get creole by crossing a barred gene with wild type or Black breasted red genes. I wrestled with this one because I am not certain that a Salmon Faverolle has the BBR genes (not sure if the Salmon qualifies for the red), but it does have the leg feathering gene present on this bird. Perhaps a Belguim bantam could have contributed the feathered gene, but this bird is a standard size, so that doesn't quite fit either.

Now, to complicate things further, you CAN cross a creole with a creole, but I've heard it would produce a really muted and faded color. Which, now that I'm thinking about it, could explain why this bird is such a muted color (I was almost tempted to say he wasn't creole).

I'd really like to see if any creole breeders can weigh in on this one. It's an interesting mental excersize!

i dont know how to get creole but i have seen the color a lot at first glance i couldnt tell the coloring until i seen the full body pic. he does have very light feathering on his legs, i dont know how all the gentics work but belguim booted bantams (has a some what similar body shape) have a lot of feathers on their legs thus i would expect more thicker feathering on the legs. i would say a brahma or cockin...are there any standered breeds that have light feathering on their legs such as fbcm?

what breeds have that type of comb?

 

[Pele]

It's a classic rose comb (D'Anvers have them, which is why I leaned that way). Booted Bantams have straight combs, so I ruled that out with my guessing. I'd say he's definitely a mix, because any breed with feathering on the legs has a much larger number of feathers. It's just a matter of figuring out the cross.

 

[slim1986]

My very first thought was buff brahma but I didn't know, but then I was looking and there wasn't near enough leg feathers for a brahma so I figured it was a different breed but a brahma X makes a lot of sense, I'm glad we picked him out of the others there were to chose from! He's beautiful!

 

[smarsh]

i feel certain he has some wyandotte in him, body shape, head shape, comb,

but he is certainly a mix and probably has a number of breeds in his background.