I have 3 beautiful salmon faverolles pullets (3.5 months) that seem nearly perfect in every way except their toes. One has 5 perfect separate toes on each foot, but her beard has a couple of black feathers. Another pullet has 5 toes on one foot, but only 4 on the other. The third has 5 toes, but the 2 back toes face to the side/down (duck footed).
I have another 10 chicks in the brooder that are about 4-5 weeks old, but atleast a few of those have 5th toes that are more spurs off the 4th toe. They are too young to assess body shape/color and they are from a different breeder from the first 3 pullets.
Can I expect a incorrectly toed bird to have offspring with an SOP toed bird to come out with atleast a few SOP toed birds? How many generations should I cross of those SOP offspring to breed true to the 5 toes?
I have another 10 chicks in the brooder that are about 4-5 weeks old, but atleast a few of those have 5th toes that are more spurs off the 4th toe. They are too young to assess body shape/color and they are from a different breeder from the first 3 pullets.
Can I expect a incorrectly toed bird to have offspring with an SOP toed bird to come out with atleast a few SOP toed birds? How many generations should I cross of those SOP offspring to breed true to the 5 toes?
