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If you are trying to get the color better and th ehens have good type, you should save the pullets from the new rooster to place back under him, thier color will be much better as the male provides the color for the pullets, and thens provide the type. while the cockrells get their color equally from each parent.
Excellent! The hens have good type, just not the greatest color. I have three laying pullets that have the deeper color and one cockerel that looks really good. They're out of a hatch I did in November when I had our current rooster and his uglier brother both in the flock. I'm saving several of the chicks I have to see how they turn out. I just got hatch happy and made more than I needed.