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Wonder IF their Bantams. I read that they give full creds to Clive for the gene, and no one ever talks about how Clive bought the flock of Choc gene birds from a farmer in Austrailia. That farmer thought he just had a flock of mutt chickens. Little did he know. lolololol
I'm pretty sure Greenfire imported the bantams
they might be working on a cross, probably are. whatever, they have, they aren't for sale yet.
I didn't think anyone would be too far ahead on making them Large Fowl yet. Which means anyone can recreate the method of the original farmer, the man who made them, and sold them to Clive. I won't keep it a secret that I am hunting for that gene. With my BUSTOFF bird. And I only wanted to make a Black Orp and a Blue Orp from him. I hope to pull the choc gene out from BUS. It is just a guess in what I see in him. Originally I had no clue why some folks, who I know are expert Color breeders wanted my BUS. I sorta think I know now. Everyone else here who breeds for a color, BUYS the bird with that color and goes forward. With a Banty, as your starting bird for the gene, that can take up to 10 years to get a competitve LF bird. IF one can make the color from scratch with a LF you can make a choc bird viable for show in three to four years. Or sooner. It is a long process. You will have splits that MAY carry the gene (may not) and you not know. Sound familiar Lav fans? Cause everyone who were on the ground floor of that project jumped the gun and didn't finish the deal, within the last two or three years you can't swing a dead cat at a show without hitting someone who has a lav nowadays. IF I would ever hit the Choc Color gene lottery, that won't happen to me. NOTHING LEAVES ALIVE!
