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I do agree with Clint there, they are most likely masking silver duckwing, or birchen, so you will most likely end up with some like the rooster you showed.
What all colors do you have to work with?
If they are the only solid color, It will be your only choice even though they arent a true solid color. that or breed them to that project rooster to try to get the color right, then you can work on your type. Next year. Either way, what I do when I'm not sure, is rotate males in with the hens, this way you can cover all your bases. Mark the resulting chicks, and see what they trun out like when feathered up. Say a toe punch on the right foot for the hens with a white rooster, and a toe pucnh on the left for the black project male. Once you see which ones turn out best, you will know better how to continue your work the following year. It can be tricky if you only have a recessive white or project male to work with, as you never know exactly what genes the chicks will inherit.
All either way should be black, but the amount of leakage will be the main concern.
Case in point.
That Cy Hyde male I mentioned with the gold neck, was one of his lavenders crossed to one of his recessive whites, the result was a jet black bird, but with a lot of leakage in the hackle and saddle. So depending on what colors you have on hand, you'll just have to play around with them and see. I'd personally use both those roosters, and just wait and see who turned out best this fall. By then I should have you 1-2 to play with with them.
I have, white roo, BBred roo, Gold duckwing roo, and bb red hens.
the pullets and teh cockerels i show in the pics came from those, but the mom is my white faced black spanish.
I do agree with Clint there, they are most likely masking silver duckwing, or birchen, so you will most likely end up with some like the rooster you showed.
What all colors do you have to work with?
If they are the only solid color, It will be your only choice even though they arent a true solid color. that or breed them to that project rooster to try to get the color right, then you can work on your type. Next year. Either way, what I do when I'm not sure, is rotate males in with the hens, this way you can cover all your bases. Mark the resulting chicks, and see what they trun out like when feathered up. Say a toe punch on the right foot for the hens with a white rooster, and a toe pucnh on the left for the black project male. Once you see which ones turn out best, you will know better how to continue your work the following year. It can be tricky if you only have a recessive white or project male to work with, as you never know exactly what genes the chicks will inherit.
All either way should be black, but the amount of leakage will be the main concern.
Case in point.
That Cy Hyde male I mentioned with the gold neck, was one of his lavenders crossed to one of his recessive whites, the result was a jet black bird, but with a lot of leakage in the hackle and saddle. So depending on what colors you have on hand, you'll just have to play around with them and see. I'd personally use both those roosters, and just wait and see who turned out best this fall. By then I should have you 1-2 to play with with them.
I have, white roo, BBred roo, Gold duckwing roo, and bb red hens.
the pullets and teh cockerels i show in the pics came from those, but the mom is my white faced black spanish.
