the cream gene

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Oooh, nice! Does that color exist in LF? I want to a roo! (I gotta get over always wanting roosters.)

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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LOL, I hear ya Steve!! These little fellers dont eat nearly as much though!! And still move good

And plus hes got enought of'em to equal more " big boy chickens" then most of us have. lol

LOL

Yea 350-400 adds up

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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Havent seen any in LF I m sure they are out there though

 

[BCBrian]

The idea of a Gold-laced Wyandotte - with the Cream gene added - intrigues me.

Anyone ever see one?

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

How might we go about figuring out what breeds already have the cream gene? I see it is called Lemon in the Dutch, does it go by any other names?

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

yep, that was kind of my goal here to find out, but yes it is referred to as lemon

 

[JohnGalt]

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[HaikuHeritageFarm]

I've seen lemon blue cochins floating around, maybe a cross between one of the clean legged breeds and a cochin (hopefully a bantam!) would be a good starting point for you?

Does the 'blue' part of the lemon blue interfere?

Edited to say never mind, you need clean legged birds, right?

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

According to the chicken calculator, if you breed a buff roo to Mille Fleur hens, and then breed the male offspring back to their mothers, you should end up with a percentage of lemon/cream and lemon/cream mille fleur.

I wonder if it will work with my Buff Chantecler roo and Spangled Orloff pullet, even though they are mahogany mille fleur.

 

[Chris09]

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Spangled as in the Russian (Russian Orloff) or game breeds shouldn't be any thing like a Mille Fleur.


Chris