Mille Cochin Info

[mibirder]

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The e-alleles have more to do with coloration rather than specific breed. The five most accepted e-alleles produce distinct chick down coloration in their pur form. E (extended black) are the penguin colored chicks, ER (birchen) tend toward dark down often with brown heads, eWh (Wheaten) are cream colored, e+ (wild type) are the distinct chipmunk stripe, and eb are dark brown often with broken/faint chipmunk strips. As adults (and to some extent as chicks) can vary quite a bit due to other color genes. Over at The Coop's genetics forum there is a section of chick coloration photos which shows the basics as well as the great variations possible. As for D'uccles, as you thought, being partridge based, they are most likely eb based as partridge is the more common of the eb colorations. Dave

 

[serendipityfarm]

Get pattern, lose type. Breed for type, lose pattern. One day I will discover which of my birds can do both when bred together! I can get this pattern on a lot of my boys but they are not what I want to breed because the type is not there, except on my handsome Quincy and he is too dark. I mean this guy needs so much it is pitiful; head, back, comb, body width...... He is 5 months old but still, I can't see him coming together at all. And then I have daughters from Xavier, my F1 rooster that may not have pattern but type is lovely. I need to get a better photo of her. She is really nice. This is the parents, Xavier and some of his ladies yesterday. Not all are pictured. They have a group of chicks I let them hatch for the second time this year. They enjoy raising their young.

Oh, Amy! I just LOOOOOOOVE Xavier! Always have. <3

 

[ki4got]

Quote: I was thinking d'uccles more for the overall adult pattern more than chick coloration... thinking maybe we're not getting pattern set because something else is present that may be mixing it up... as for chick coloration, i'm thinking d'uccle may be wheaten since most of the ones I've had were buff/cream colored, but I may be wrong.
my own mfc chicks are usually a golden brown shade at hatch

 

[NosiphoChooks]

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The e-alleles have more to do with coloration rather than specific breed. The five most accepted e-alleles produce distinct chick down coloration in their pur form. E (extended black) are the penguin colored chicks, ER (birchen) tend toward dark down often with brown heads, eWh (Wheaten) are cream colored, e+ (wild type) are the distinct chipmunk stripe, and eb are dark brown often with broken/faint chipmunk strips. As adults (and to some extent as chicks) can vary quite a bit due to other color genes. Over at The Coop's genetics forum there is a section of chick coloration photos which shows the basics as well as the great variations possible. As for D'uccles, as you thought, being partridge based, they are most likely eb based as partridge is the more common of the eb colorations. Dave

Do you have a link for that dave?

 

[mibirder]

http://www.the-coop.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=3&page=1

These discussions can get technical but are excellent

Dave

 

[AndyCap]

http://www.the-coop.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=3&page=1

These discussions can get technical but are excellent

Dave

it is a great resource with very knowledgeable people.

 

[serendipityfarm]

Amy, here is Pebbles again, the little girl I hatched from your eggs. She is about ten weeks old now, and I LOVE her!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Quote: Sold Dinkle a while back. MFC do not stay here long.
I am watching Quincy's babies grow up. They are darker than I like but I knew adding in partridge was going to disrupt my program a bit.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Amy, here is Pebbles again, the little girl I hatched from your eggs. She is about ten weeks old now, and I LOVE her!

Gorgeous! They always have the best personalities!
This is why I breed for fun instead of showing. I love the birds first. Shows are where I go to hang out with my poultry friends. My farm is where my poultry are my friends!

 

[County Boy]

Sold Dinkle a while back. MFC do not stay here long.
I am watching Quincy's babies grow up. They are darker than I like but I knew adding in partridge was going to disrupt my program a bit.

What are your plans for Quincy then? Is he just a "for a while" MFC or one to stay? I'm just wondering.