Rapanui Fowl: Ponape Thread

[sjango]

Absolutely! From my understanding the Saudeleur Ponape was what was kept by important people on the island and the gold extended black morph was the most prized. This is logical seeing as how it takes a more advanced knowledge of breeding to maintain gold cocks because it is a heterozygous trait.

Some of my more Saudeleur type males:

Three Different Cockerels that are more Saudeleur type

 

[sjango]

Compare above post with Ponape Junglefowl Type males. I get a lot more mahogany than bright red.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh that left bird in the first pic is stunning. And the male in that pic looks a lot like my mixes too, just a different tail.

Absolutely! From my understanding the Saudeleur Ponape was what was kept by important people on the island and the gold extended black morph was the most prized. This is logical seeing as how it takes a more advanced knowledge of breeding to maintain gold cocks because it is a heterozygous trait.

Some of my more Saudeleur type males:
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Three Different Cockerels that are more Saudeleur type
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I fricking love these guys. They're just so pretty. These are the pale laying ones right? Or the ones that can lay a few different colors?

 

[sjango]

Oh that left bird in the first pic is stunning. And the male in that pic looks a lot like my mixes too, just a different tail.

I fricking love these guys. They're just so pretty. These are the pale laying ones right? Or the ones that can lay a few different colors?

These ones lay white and cream. I believe there are some Ponape lines that lay different colors like blue but I don't have any that do.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

These ones lay white and cream. I believe there are some Ponape lines that lay different colors like blue but I don't have any that do.

Okay. That's what I was thinking, i just Couldn't remember off the top of my head

 

[Chickenosauurs_RexNo54]

They are beautiful birds. Are they all the same breed or landrace and just different bloodlines, or are they different breeds or landraces? This question is also valid for all the other Rapanui fowl.