Lavender patterned Isabel duckwing barred - lavender brown cuckoo barred - project and genetic dis

[cjwaldon]

This type is more colorful, beautiful creamy breasts, golden straw accents around the face and upper neck, contrasting lavender feathers around the lower back neck, like a cape.

 

[cjwaldon]

Then the other type, which is more evenly light lavender all over with typical legbar patterning around the neck, and still a hint of color on the breast. Oh, I can't decide which I like better, they are both so pretty. If I can keep them both autosexing I won't have to choose.

 

[cjwaldon]

Both types in the same photo.

 

[cjwaldon]

So don't give up! Keep working on your projects. These are so worth the work! Everyone keep posting your photos, too please, so we can cheer you on!

 

[NorthTexasWink]

Oh! To have your cake and eat it too! But @cjwaldon you got ice cream with your cake! Those birds are a feast for the eyes.

 

[ChicKat]

so fabulous!!!!

I love, love, love to see this success.

Regarding the males, they are double-barred right?
The first two pictures of cockerels are so marvelous, that I think you should submit the top one to the calendar contest...... The 31st of August is the deadline.
You would probably have to take off the watermark.

I also am seeing two distinct phenotypes and the genotypes are presumably the same -- but I think perhaps there is some 'silver' piggybacking in there....and causing the difference that I see in my bunch-- I could be wrong.
Thanks for posting -- as one person said. They are eye-candy!!

 

[ChicKat]

Here is an analysis of some of the points of a 4-month old cockerel:

• small neat bars showing on the neck-hackles.
• Straight comb - pretty even serrations (5-points on the comb, then the blade seems to have some points). Small crest - so he has 1-cresting gene. It is interesting that his crest is small enough to allow for a straight comb.
• Ear lobes are not a bright strong white
• beak has some dark pigment - it isn't a bright yellow

• Tail-angle not too bad.
• Wing held more horizontal than a lot of the other cockerels

• Bright eye - dark amber, orange? what would you call it?
• another view of his crest - evenly distributed on both sides of the back of his comb

• Substantial body -
• long back
• long legs - still has some of that cockerel - still growing out look
• not saturated deeply - but still good colors - harsh sun in the photo blows out some of his coloration
• He's a big boy and weighs 6-pounds at this around 4-months old photo

• super straight and upright comb.
• nice proportions

Jokingly - back in the days when Cream Legbars were my primary breed, I said that a single-gene for cresting - rather than the double genes, could give a CL both the crest and a straight comb. I think those involved with legbars have veered towards rather large crests on the females -- and thus their sons have the problems of the real estate on the top of the males heads is a fight to compete for space - making crooked combs and sometimes funky crests..... For my LPIDS I'm breeding away from the crest to ensure the straight comb.

ETA - these shots out of the sun (evening) are a better indication of this guy's coloration:
picture shows IMO a better back-angle

• wing has hose sunset colors on the triangle so I know he's gold-based
• duck bar is more faint than my view of ideal
• His 'red' shoulder patch (diluted to this light color) and his saddle feathers have some areas where the dilution gene has refracted the light -- and they appear lighter and more glowing.

 

[ChicKat]

caught mid-crow here it the 'Twin' line -- more contrast in the tail barring, and more visible duckwing bar

A bit more relaxed picture of him -- he is the 'go to' guy for coloration.

• Nice tail angle and
• long back

 

[ChicKat]

"BB" from the Robinson clan -- He was the back up for Bart, but he is more saturated -- and has a better temperament -- so eventhough he is about 3-4 weeks younger, he will be the one used for breeding for the project for the Robinson line.....

• A little scrawny -- but he is also quite young.
• long back
• sloped back angle
• good tail angle
• wing carriage could use some improvement
• definite wing bar and triangle
• white earlobe

 

[campingshaws]

@ChicKat, how are you doing??