So two of my older pullets look especially nice to me. The black tail feathers they have are edged in white, though there aren't MANY black feathers. They are getting large, both tall and broad, and seem to have pretty good type from what I can tell. They do not have yellow legs, however.
Do you think their offspring could have the yellow legs if bred to one of the young cockerels that are especially strong in that area, or should I focus on only keeping these girls for layers and not try to hatch anything until I get some more heritage pullets?
Could their be any possible benefits of having a bit of hatchery stock blood in there? I mean...it is a threatened breed so the bigger the gene pool the better, right? Do hatchery birds lay better than breeder birds since the focus has been on production over looks?
Even if the offspring of breeder/hatchery birds do have pale-ish legs, breeding back to good breeder stock with the correct yellow should go a long way to reverse that, right?
