The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

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holm, as long as you are sure it is NOT a mixed breed, yes there will be significantly more sheen on a bird with the red leakage in black colored breeds, which is why it's highly desirable for breeding purposes. He will pass that better sheen on through his line.
 
getaclue said:
holm, as long as you are sure it is NOT a mixed breed, yes there will be significantly more sheen on a bird with the red leakage in black colored breeds, which is why it's highly desirable for breeding purposes.  He will pass that better sheen on through his line.
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He is a mutt lol. He is 1/4 Welsummer 1/4 Black Australorp 1/2 Blue Cochin. He has blood from my first birds ever.

I am keeping a pullet back that's 1/4 Welsummer 1/4 Black Australorp 1/2 Buff Brahma. She's kind of a big ol bird. Would be feeder to put a Buck over
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I'm not sure about the leakage, other than it is genetic, more apparent on black birds than other colors, and does pass on, mainly to the cockerels. Gypsy is his daughter and has none, but he had blue and black sons with it. And one very weird freaky son that had so much, he barely had any black on him at all-that bird was a prime example of why you really should not breed males with base color leakage if you want to breed to standard. It was a shame because Scout's sire was 100% show quality out of Cree Farms, purchased at a show, in fact, by a friend of mine in CA who has not been on BYC in awhile. Scout would have been about perfect if it hadn't been for that base color issue.


This is the oddball son of Scout. This was at a friend's house, a young lady who had got quite a few birds from me, both Ameraucanas and Orps.








 
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speckledhen said:
I'm not sure about the leakage, other than it is genetic, more apparent on black birds than other colors, and does pass on, mainly to the cockerels. Gypsy is his daughter and has none, but he had blue and black sons with it. And one very weird freaky son that had so much, he barely had any black on him at all-that bird was a prime example of why you really should not breed males with base color leakage if you want to breed to standard. It was a shame because Scout's sire was 100% show quality out of Cree Farms, purchased at a show, in fact, by a friend of mine in CA who has not been on BYC in awhile. This is the oddball son of Scout.
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They are beautiful!
 
holm25 said:
They are beautiful!
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That's just the one bird, no others were as extreme as he was. Yes, he was very interesting and a very sweet boy, I'm told, but just not something to breed from if you're trying to stick to a standard. He was a beautiful backyard flock bird, though. Chickens don't have to be show quality to be beautiful and useful, right?
 
speckledhen said:
That's just the one bird, no others were as extreme as he was. Yes, he was very interesting and a very sweet boy, I'm told, but just not something to breed from if you're trying to stick to a standard. He was a beautiful backyard flock bird, though. Chickens don't have to be show quality to be beautiful and useful, right?
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That's true. But I think the closer they are to the standard they are the beauty doubles. I think the more work you do with birds the more beautiful they become to you. But I might be crazy lol!
 

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