Yeah the breeder told me they weren't "perfect" and that they were a work in progress. He just offered to send me some to get me started so I could start working with some decent Marans. The birds I have now are a far cry better than the garbage I hatched out in December and January from "breeders". We live and learn. Haha! I will post pics of my cockerel once he grows up some more. My pullets from this line (Bev Davis x Little Peddler) are all dark chested best I can tell. However, my pullet from the Greenfire Farm x Little Peddler line has some copper in her chest. She is the one in the front.
Hi there . if this rooster is the sire of this cockerel than you have no worries about type. what you have to worry about is the Black shoulder , Absence of the Autossomal Red .he should have a rich red shoulder gather than that he is stunning . I like a lot his hackle great copper and not too many flame ( almost nine) and I like a lot the color of his shanks . his eyes are sublime . if his son hasn t got a red shoulder when adult, than you have to correct that by mating him to a hen with a coppery chest and less sheen . chest color and the red shoulder both are controlled by the Autossomal Red Ar . not sex linked like the hackle and the lancets. chooks man
