If @Wynette is still active here I hope she replies.
I'll give the backstory of why this was done...
The Silver pencilled are undersized. No way about it they are small with fine bone structure that can be easily seen in those dainty legs. It's not to BREED of Plymouth Rock standard. ANd most lines of the silver have tendency to fade yellow. Hard to get that bright highway yellow paint on their legs if they don't have it often to begin with.
Scott, who was known here as ? all rocks, only rocks, just rocks...something like that. Wanted to breed and went about it the right way. He made contacts, found the stock he wanted and had a mentor.Then he bred that original stock in hundred, went large scale as breeder to set his line. His Columbians are very nice. If you take a peek at Fred's Hens forum Breeding Plymouth Rock to SOP you will see what Scot achieved. Perfect type and bright yellow legs. A beauty to behold his line is and I highly recommend it. Plymouth ROck when bred to type are to me a beautiful bird. His is in Columbian. As the Pencilled have columbian necks it was the choice of outcross of variety in hopes to improve. Goal was lager birds to type and "stay yellow" legs.
I want photos to see how that project is going. It's a large effort and hope she made headway.
I'm a breeder of Silver Pencilled too so obviously want updates...they need improvement nationally. My hope is she made headway. She has an established line of high quality Pencilled and we all needed improvement. Braved the waters of outcross of variety in attempt to achieve it. Big bones, big body, and those stay yellow legs. Wow, if we ever get those Plymouth Rock attributes that are mainstay of breed in the Pencilled it would be awesome. Would be a major achievement. She and I are both working on it, think @Wynette has the favor if you're betting who gets there first.
I'll give the backstory of why this was done...
The Silver pencilled are undersized. No way about it they are small with fine bone structure that can be easily seen in those dainty legs. It's not to BREED of Plymouth Rock standard. ANd most lines of the silver have tendency to fade yellow. Hard to get that bright highway yellow paint on their legs if they don't have it often to begin with.
Scott, who was known here as ? all rocks, only rocks, just rocks...something like that. Wanted to breed and went about it the right way. He made contacts, found the stock he wanted and had a mentor.Then he bred that original stock in hundred, went large scale as breeder to set his line. His Columbians are very nice. If you take a peek at Fred's Hens forum Breeding Plymouth Rock to SOP you will see what Scot achieved. Perfect type and bright yellow legs. A beauty to behold his line is and I highly recommend it. Plymouth ROck when bred to type are to me a beautiful bird. His is in Columbian. As the Pencilled have columbian necks it was the choice of outcross of variety in hopes to improve. Goal was lager birds to type and "stay yellow" legs.
I want photos to see how that project is going. It's a large effort and hope she made headway.
I'm a breeder of Silver Pencilled too so obviously want updates...they need improvement nationally. My hope is she made headway. She has an established line of high quality Pencilled and we all needed improvement. Braved the waters of outcross of variety in attempt to achieve it. Big bones, big body, and those stay yellow legs. Wow, if we ever get those Plymouth Rock attributes that are mainstay of breed in the Pencilled it would be awesome. Would be a major achievement. She and I are both working on it, think @Wynette has the favor if you're betting who gets there first.
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