Rosecomb Thread

[Cjarvis]

At current rate of lay with the black trio I have, it will be about 3-4 more weeks then teh Birchen and Silver Blue projects will begin.
I will be using the two male OE below to introduce the color. disregard his tail he was staring a tail molt and had dropped several before this photo.


And the Silver Blue,

 

[checoukan]

At current rate of lay with the black trio I have, it will be about 3-4 more weeks then teh Birchen and Silver Blue projects will begin.
I will be using the two male OE below to introduce the color. disregard his tail he was staring a tail molt and had dropped several before this photo.


And the Silver Blue,

I am glad the girls are really working for you. Wish mine were laying that well here, must be the weather, or the feed. Really like the two cockerels you are going to use on the girls. Are you going to put the rosecomb cock on some oe hens?

 

[Cjarvis]

I am glad the girls are really working for you. Wish mine were laying that well here, must be the weather, or the feed. Really like the two cockerels you are going to use on the girls. Are you going to put the rosecomb cock on some oe hens?

No, for color introduction I need the color and lack of black extension genes that exist with the OE, All the pullets will be Birchen or Silver Blue in appearance but possibly with haevier black striping in hackle.
I have noticed some red leakage on the male's hackle which tells me the Rosecombs are carrying genetic Gold for hackle saddle and wing bow, so the first pass cockrells will be somewhat golden in hackle while pullets can only inherit hackle color from the male so all teh pullets will be pure for silver.
I plan to make two matings from there it will be, a Cross male back over Rosecomb female for type, head and comb, from this I will select males that look like the first generation cross but with better head and comb, I will look for females the same way from that mating.
The second mating will be cross x cross for better color, the third generation bring these birds together to improve both type and color. Then work from there possibly going back to black again with the 4th or 5th generation.

 

[checoukan]

I had not noticed the red leakage in the hackle feathers, better go look at the other boys to see if they have some.
I hatched a rosecomb this morning, having to temp issures with my incubator. Chicks are fully developed, but pipping wrong, and some not at all pipping. Dead in the shell.

 

[Cjarvis]

I had not noticed the red leakage in the hackle feathers, better go look at the other boys to see if they have some.
I hatched a rosecomb this morning, having to temp issures with my incubator. Chicks are fully developed, but pipping wrong, and some not at all pipping. Dead in the shell.

The leakage is not that big of a deal for me, it is only a spot on one feather and easily removed.
Sorry to hear you are having Inc. problems.

the colors are quite fun to play with, as a general rule the color from teh male will passed better than using the female for color. the pullets can only inhereit hackle color from the breeder male cockrells get one copy from each parent. So when introducing or modifying color use a male of the desired color.
Females pass on type better than males so when fixing type problems use the best females and better offspring will result.

 

[silkielover5]

Heres a picture i found of me and my blue rosecomb Gilfey. he won grandchampion in show and showmanship in 2010 at our local county fair. he passed away last summer before i got the chance to show him at any other show (my face is really red because it was really hot that day)

 

[checoukan]

Congradulations on your win. Sorry you lost him so soon.

 

[cns2782]

 

[lcw1995]

nice BBreds

 

[silkielover5]

Im Looking for Blue/Black rosecomb eggs! PM if you have any. Thanks