I have told you to watch for other color Mutations that they are shooting out. The following bird is not a mutation but from Breeding. But you never know they may decide to do a little breeding on their own.
This is the Egyptian Black Gold - I suppose I could have called it Texas Black Gold but wouldn't want anyone to get confused. They have the distinctive Markings of the Egyptian Golds. These are the source of some of the eggs I sent out to everyone. They are some of the mothers of the F2's and a few of their eggs were also sent out.
I also have Egyptian Beige Gold and am working on the Egypian Rusty Gold. There is also another Reversed that I am working with. All are at least Jumbos.
Steven my males that I keep are at least 10 oz at 6 weeks. Culls can be less, I pick my breeders and cull the rest, I don't weigh the culls.
I met a guy Wednesday that had just gave away his Harlequins to another guy, cause he couldn't sell any of the birds or eggs. To small for Texas, nobody wanted them.
The following pics are adolescents from quaillady that I took to show her the colors. I put two in a ground pen and did zoom in on them alittle so she could see them better. I will let her tell you about them. The One that Looks Fawn or Roux Dilute carries other colors. They were actually sent to me by mistake, not her fault. But I ended up with a Trio.
But I have them now so you know what I will do with them. Make them As Big As They Can Get. Yes, she said to post them for her. So here are a few of the better pics I took.
Now you know, more colors are coming and getting bigger.
Edited to add: I owe my breeder close to 300 eggs and he will be by in aweek or so to colect eggs and my largest Males. I keep the First 3 hatches, that includes my F1's. The Egyptian Black Golds are mine, not his and they stay. I have another F1 hatched from the second parent Browns and will start a new F2 in 9 weeks. Hope you all have at least decent hatches.