Hey Nancy Your Calicos are beautiful! Is there a set standard for calico?
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Born this morning to Renoir & # 17 (I've got to get this girl a name
This is the first baby for both parents.
Renoir, the Baby Daddy
# 17, the Baby Mama
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Oh yea........oh yea....just keep 'em coming lady.:<) Gorgeous........need I say more? Geez..............
Oh yea........oh yea....just keep 'em coming lady.:<) Gorgeous........need I say more? Geez..............
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WOW Lynne, those two are Gorgeous!! And what a cute chick!!
OK, here is my 4 mo old Napolean. What do you see that needs improvement???
Butt end? I just love him and his colors but kindly critism is greatly appreciated. Remember he is only near 4 mos old please and a sweetie pie.
TIA, Mags
Butt end? I just love him and his colors but kindly critism is greatly appreciated. Remember he is only near 4 mos old please and a sweetie pie.
TIA, Mags
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Oh yea........oh yea....just keep 'em coming lady.:<) Gorgeous........need I say more? Geez..............
Thank you so much for the compliment.
I have high hopes for Renoir as he is so great in color & pattern. He is only 7 months old so I'm hoping he will fill out more & really look good after his first molt. #17 is a special girl.
She does have the partridge look but her pattern is so good, I tend to overlook that problem.
As for the "new addition", you can't tell from the pic but he/she has a reddish brown back & is very different in coloring to any other chicks I have hatched. Fingers crossed on this one~!!
Oh yea........oh yea....just keep 'em coming lady.:<) Gorgeous........need I say more? Geez..............
Thank you so much for the compliment.
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Thanks for the vote of confidence
I can't wait to see if the chick is a pullet or cockerel. I guess at this point it doesn't make much difference. I just hope
he/she has good pattern & type.
How are your new babies doing??? Aren't they the sweetest
chickens you have ever had???
Thanks for the vote of confidence
How are your new babies doing??? Aren't they the sweetest
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Not at this time. As far as I know, I'm the first person to deliberately breed specifically for the Calico variety. I started with the excess white "sports" that popped up in the MF lines and crossed them to each other. I am now crossing those F1 chicks to each other for the F2 generation. I am pleased at the percentage of Calico chicks that this is producing. I have also added a "flock improvement group" to the genetics to keep the cochin type. I have show quality buff columbian, black mottled and black cochin hens that I've bred to my calico rooster. Below is a young cockerel from the buff Columbian X Calico cross.
The resulting chicks (with awesome conformation and feathering!) will be bred back to their parents and the their chicks, will be bred back to my Calico line.
I refer to the first generation of Calicos ~ that showed up out of the MF line ~ as "sports"
if two sports are crossed and produce Calicos, those Calicos are F1s
two F1s crossed produce F2s, etc. etc. etc.
As for coloring At this time I'm still exploring what develops with the crosses. I'm thinking some of the required traits will be:
~ the presence of 'hysterical' mottling. Mottling that does not 'shut off' after the white tip to the feather is deposited, but rather continues up the feather shaft. Giving the appearance of a mostly white bird with colored specks or splashes all over it.
~ at least three colors visible on the breast, wings, cushion and feet
~ conformation should be the same as for any other cochin variety
The presence of hysterical mottling is what distinguishes Calicos from a tri-colord Splash. The excess white is caused by a mottling gene ~ it is not the base color of the cochin.
For my purposes, I will stick to using only the MF sports for the original foundation birds, except in the case of outcrossing with show quality birds to improve type. In those cases, I will chose birds that I feel will most improve whatever trait is lacking in my Calico line. Once I have enough F1s, I will no longer be breeding the 'sports', rather only using the F1 and F2 Calicos. To avoid 'muddying the waters', genetically, I don't intend to use Splash or partridge birds. I feel that using black, blue, red, buff or white (?) are all appropriate outcrosses ~ provided they are show quality,
So far, I'm having fun. And I LOVE my Calico Cochins...
Not at this time. As far as I know, I'm the first person to deliberately breed specifically for the Calico variety. I started with the excess white "sports" that popped up in the MF lines and crossed them to each other. I am now crossing those F1 chicks to each other for the F2 generation. I am pleased at the percentage of Calico chicks that this is producing. I have also added a "flock improvement group" to the genetics to keep the cochin type. I have show quality buff columbian, black mottled and black cochin hens that I've bred to my calico rooster. Below is a young cockerel from the buff Columbian X Calico cross.
The resulting chicks (with awesome conformation and feathering!) will be bred back to their parents and the their chicks, will be bred back to my Calico line.
I refer to the first generation of Calicos ~ that showed up out of the MF line ~ as "sports"
if two sports are crossed and produce Calicos, those Calicos are F1s
two F1s crossed produce F2s, etc. etc. etc.
As for coloring At this time I'm still exploring what develops with the crosses. I'm thinking some of the required traits will be:
~ the presence of 'hysterical' mottling. Mottling that does not 'shut off' after the white tip to the feather is deposited, but rather continues up the feather shaft. Giving the appearance of a mostly white bird with colored specks or splashes all over it.
~ at least three colors visible on the breast, wings, cushion and feet
~ conformation should be the same as for any other cochin variety
The presence of hysterical mottling is what distinguishes Calicos from a tri-colord Splash. The excess white is caused by a mottling gene ~ it is not the base color of the cochin.
For my purposes, I will stick to using only the MF sports for the original foundation birds, except in the case of outcrossing with show quality birds to improve type. In those cases, I will chose birds that I feel will most improve whatever trait is lacking in my Calico line. Once I have enough F1s, I will no longer be breeding the 'sports', rather only using the F1 and F2 Calicos. To avoid 'muddying the waters', genetically, I don't intend to use Splash or partridge birds. I feel that using black, blue, red, buff or white (?) are all appropriate outcrosses ~ provided they are show quality,
So far, I'm having fun. And I LOVE my Calico Cochins...
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nice!
nice!
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