They are GORGEOUS. I love them. 
Lavender patterned Isabel duckwing barred - lavender brown cuckoo barred - project and genetic dis
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Here's a third pen:
These guys were fine when they were little tykes and now it is time I moved them to better accommodations. Silver Jackson and two Twin males are in here -- along with three females, two Jackson and one twin.
So in this photo you can see Silver's heft.... and his bedraggled wet tail - but then I said it was a rainy day didn't I? ;O)
Wet tail and all, here is the Twin male that will be used for breeding. Nicer white in earlobes than Silver Jackson, more barring in the tail -- definite warm color in the neck hackles -- super straight 'duckwing' bar -- and he has that peach color in his wing triangle.......
There are three females in that pen-- and one is crested so she is eliminated from a breeder for this project....that leaves two -- one a bit more creamy in the hackles - the other a bit less --- Should have gotten better pictures.
Astonishingly there are only 3 females that I consider 'ideal' to breed for the color and one (Sweetheart) that is borderline. -- There is another pen with 7-chickens in -- one non-barred male and one non-barred female -- both crested that could be a good pair for someone -- but they won't be in the project -- and those are all younger.......
so that's the inklings of how the fall breeding season will be shaping up.
These guys were fine when they were little tykes and now it is time I moved them to better accommodations. Silver Jackson and two Twin males are in here -- along with three females, two Jackson and one twin.
So in this photo you can see Silver's heft.... and his bedraggled wet tail - but then I said it was a rainy day didn't I? ;O)
Wet tail and all, here is the Twin male that will be used for breeding. Nicer white in earlobes than Silver Jackson, more barring in the tail -- definite warm color in the neck hackles -- super straight 'duckwing' bar -- and he has that peach color in his wing triangle.......
There are three females in that pen-- and one is crested so she is eliminated from a breeder for this project....that leaves two -- one a bit more creamy in the hackles - the other a bit less --- Should have gotten better pictures.
Astonishingly there are only 3 females that I consider 'ideal' to breed for the color and one (Sweetheart) that is borderline. -- There is another pen with 7-chickens in -- one non-barred male and one non-barred female -- both crested that could be a good pair for someone -- but they won't be in the project -- and those are all younger.......
so that's the inklings of how the fall breeding season will be shaping up.
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They are GORGEOUS. I love them.
Thanks! I'm lucky that there are some nice candidates to hatch from aren't I?
I'm on the way now...to pick up Iris!
I love her!
I love her!
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Nooooooooooooooooo --- she is going to be the one who lays the egg that contains the male that has double barring, is autosexing as a chick and will be the 'proof of the pudding' for the whole project....
Yes, I do tell her that when I give her a pep talk. Which reminds me:
Like I said..Nooooooooooooooooo --- she is going to be the one who lays the egg that contains the male that has double barring, is autosexing as a chick and will be the 'proof of the pudding' for the whole project....
I'm on the way!
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Here it is--- wonder if it will show up:
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Like I said..
I'm on the way!
While you're there see if there's any eggs laying around. I'd be thrilled to get some of those even.
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