La Fleche Thread ~ PIC of my Black La Fleche

[wclawrence]

This breed and this thread are very interesting to me. I had a weird thing happen a few years ago, a strange comb mutation. And I have been breeding for it ever since. The bird that first came with it was from some hybridizing I had been doing with Grey Junglefowl and Phoenix, and he is still alive and still breeding. His comb is straight, but splits in the rear. Much like a buttercup, but only partially. I bred this rooster to a peacombed phoenix hen, and whammo-- I got some V-combed birds. So now I am putting one of those V-combed birds (phoenix for all intents and purposes) back over some peacombed hens, and hatching a good many chicks with this gene. It is really strange, but looks cool on a longtail.

I just thought you guys might find this interesting.
The bird below is the latest generation (which I am raising chicks from now)

 

[paduanchook]

Not yet, weds I think. Yeah!

 

[Long Horn Poultry Farm]

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Hi wclawrence

A longtail that has the V-comb is very interesting. Do you have any pictures of the Grey Junglefowl x Phoenix male that the comb mutation started with.

Please post pictures of the chicks when they hatch.

Long Horn Poultry Farm

 

[wclawrence]

Here is a picture of the first rooster that came with this mutation. His daddy was 5/8 Grey Junglefowl, 3/8 Phoenix. This picture is from when he was young.

Here is a good hen, the daughter of the above rooster, and mother of the rooster in the original post.

The F1 hybrid rooster I am currently using is on feathersite, go to the Grey Junglefowl page, and scroll down to the "Bengals" section. He is the one on the bottom. The hen is his sister.

 

[Long Horn Poultry Farm]

Hi wclawrence

Thank You for posting the pictures. That is very odd how the comb went from single to V-shape in just a few years. You have some very nice looking birds there.

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[Long Horn Poultry Farm]

Hi All

I have been looking over my Black La Fleche chicks all weekend and I decided to cull a few more today. It is very hard for me to keep the ones I know will never make it to the breeding pens. So today I culled 4 males " each one had one point of their V-shape comb larger than the other ". I also culled 1 female " she was a runt only half the size as the rest of my females. I am at 13 Black La Fleche chicks now and very happy with their even size and even V-shape comb. I now have 4 males and 9 females.



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[wclawrence]

I think it is because of the infusion of Grey Junglefowl. They have 15 or more points on the comb, and phoenix only have about half that many. I think it just needed more room for points so the comb split. Anyways it went from single duplex to V-comb when I introduced peacomb.
This project involves as many grey junglefowl genes as I can get plus as many longtail genes as possible, then a few extras (fibromelanosis and the blue egg gene)
I am hoping to get some of the pointed breast feathering in some longtail fowl. I guess they would accurately be called Bengals. You can even see in the v-comb rooster that he has some freaky colors in the hackles.

 

[Long Horn Poultry Farm]

Hi wclawrence

I think the Grey Junglefowl is a very unusual looking fowl. Please post pictures of yours!

I went to feathersite and your Bengals are very nice looking fowl.



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[wclawrence]

I do not have any pure ones. I do not breed Grey Junglefowl at all. I just wanted to borrow some of their genetics. So I can't post any pics of mine, I don't have any.

 

[Long Horn Poultry Farm]

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OK

Thanks for posting the pictures of your Grey Junglefowl x Phoenix .