The Moonshiner's Chick Chat

[WallyG74]

My white chicken has a black feather here, there and yonder?

 

[The Birb King]

I may be blanking, but what would you use to desrbibe... well, leakage, other than the word leakage?

How did this whole thing about the word leakage even start? Its just a word

 

[troyer]

Are you able to show chickens that have leakage?

This is considered leakage. Notice the shoulder is black and only the hackle and saddle are red/leaking. I had a couple silver cockerels that were similar. This is a project that we are trying to get solid blacks by continuously breeding the blackest to the blackest.

 

[The Birb King]

My white chicken has a black feather here, there and yonder?

What kind is it? Might be a splash

 

[The Birb King]

This is considered leakage. Notice the shoulder is black and only the hackle and saddle are red/leaking. I had a couple silver cockerels that were similar. This is a project that we are trying to get solid blacks by continuously breeding the blackest to the blackest.View attachment 3434866

So im assuming he is supposed to be all black

 

[WallyG74]

What kind is it? Might be a splash

Not really. That was my alternate way of saying leakage.

 

[sdm111]

I may be blanking, but what would you use to desrbibe... well, leakage, other than the word leakage?

We don't say anything that's my point. If you have a chicken that to the standard is supposed to be pure white and if some red comes in on the wings or something you don't really have to say it's"leakage" cause you can see it. It's like obvious. If i bred let's say a claret and a grey and it comes out looking like a grey with red wings then if it has to be said cause someone is wondering why the grey has red wings then I'd say "it's the claret". I wouldn't say it's the " leakage" that sounds weird to me

 

[troyer]

Who wants to be understood by the masses? Not I says The Moony

Me neither. I really couldn't care less.

 

[WallyG74]

What kind is it? Might be a splash

If things go well, I hope to be hatching my first splash Cochins this time next year.

 

[sdm111]

What kind is it? Might be a splash

Negative this is splash