What do you mean with a decline in feather quality? If you mean that the barring become lighter it isn't the case. The barring is always sharp when putting pure buff barred birds against buff animals.
My final count was 21 babies!!!
Thank you all for helping me along in my new obsession!
That is the hard part!
What about leg color? Do some colors change leg color with age?
The leg color should be as yellow as possible. With darker cochins such as blue and black it is a bit harder. They tend to have dark legs but their soles of foot should alaways be yellow!
With white and buff animals you can sometimes have animals that have white feet. The whiteness can be reduced with giving carrots during they grow.
But nice yellow feet is also a good selection criterium after the foot plumage! So mama2my4 it is all in the leggs for this moment
I am so jealous of all the recognized colors in Europe but maybe if I had all those choices it would be impossible to decide.
Not the pattern, but the actually feather quality apart from the color/pattern. Is there a difference between the Buff Barred and the Buffs they decend from?
