The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[Miami Leghorn]

Blue Mille Fleur hen only. No rooster was shown.

Caption translates:

In 2009 Mr A Krekelbergh brought a hen of the blue porcelain color variety.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

@The Moonshiner

Blue Silver Partridge.

Dutch translation:
In Belgium, our member Mr A. Krekelbergh has been recognized in the color variety Blue-silver partridge. On the club day in 2007 he showed some animals. This color has not yet been recognized in the Netherlands.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Yellow cuckoo

 

[Painted Calls]

Why do I get the notion that @The Moonshiner is looking out to his yard and saying to himself, "Yeah I got one of those, too...and one of those, and one of those", etc, etc, etc.

He may have said that today when I asked about a certain color/pattern.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Cuckoo Partridge=Crele?

Dutch translation

hereditary, the Cuckoo partridge color is similar to partridge with an extra factor that changes the black into a cuckoo. This factor is gender-specific. Since the hen only has this factor once and the rooster twice, the influence of the cuckoo on the rooster will be much greater.

The rooster is similar to the partridge rooster, with all the black replaced by the cuckoo. The gold colors will also be slightly lighter in color.
The collar of the hen is similar to partridge, with the black replaced by the cuckoo. The golden yellow hem is also slightly lighter. The breast is salmon-colored and the rest of the body is gray brown-dark gray clouded, with some peppering in the dark feather part is desirable.
The sex of the chicks from this color variety can be recognized immediately at birth. The roosters have a light yellow head spot, which the hens lack.
Faults that we see in this color variety are in the roosters, brown in the chest, too dark or too light tail and wings, and an incomplete drawn wing triangle.
With the hens, we often see animals that are too light in the gray-brown of the clouds. This gives you an animal that feeds on cuckoo

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Silver Cuckoo+Silver Crele?



Silver Cuckoo Partridge is a new color variety that was recognized in January 2008 in the Leghorn bantams. This color variety is similar to cuckoo partridge where the gold has been replaced by silvery white. Just like the cuckoo partridge, this color variety also produces hot chicks.

 

[Amer]

Possible exposure issues?

Yeah. I was confused at first too until I saw that his comb point was being pushed over by the light box.

Buff Colombian pair.
Nederlands Leghorn Club

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Woah those are absolutely striking! This is QUALITY.

Porcelain pair.
a.k.a. Mille fleur?

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Those are really nicem

Looks Lavender/Isabel to me?

In much of Europe, lavender is called "pearl grey." Which might be more accurate tbh.

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Translates to:
Yellow partridge is similar to partridge, but as a whole is a shade lighter in ground color.
There is no white in the yellow partridge, except in the ears. A common flaw in yellow partridge roosters is the white or whitish wing triangle. The wing triangle should be cream yellow with a brown border at the top.

Wow, those are striking! I love the tight feathers! I feel like a lot of Leghorns I see are built wrong. Leghorns do need a full prominent breast carried well forward and good fleshing, obviously not to the degree of a dual purpose breed but still present. But I see a lot of Leghorns with loose feathers and that does not compliment the sleek Leghorn type. They should be somewhat close feathered.

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Dutch translates to:
This is GOOD READING-
The blue partridge color is a difficult-to-breed color that we rarely see. The color is similar to partridge, except that all black has been replaced by blue. The gold and yellow parts also become slightly lighter due to dilution from black to blue. It is not easy to breed beautiful even blue batches in these animals, often there is white or black in them. An enormous challenge for the go-getter enthusiast. In the hens, we often miss the ground color on the back. The ridges show a rather even blue in that case. If we imagine this animal in the common partridge color, then the backs were black. You could say a blue sooty ridge. Especially with blue partridge, we will have to breed with roosters that show a very weak blue neck marking.

The blue partridge color is not purebred. If you breed with a blue partridge rooster on blue partridge hens, about half of the offspring will be blue partridge, a quarter partridge and a quarter red-shouldered white. If you cross a partridge with red-shouldered white, which has arisen from this cleaning, you will get 100% blue partridge offspring. (see diagram)

Yeah, I find its harder to get clear lacing on blue quail d'Anvers. Because there's little contrast between blue and gold, I wonder if thicker gold lacing is needed for them.

@The Moonshiner

Blue Silver Partridge.

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Dutch translation:
In Belgium, our member Mr A. Krekelbergh has been recognized in the color variety Blue-silver partridge. On the club day in 2007 he showed some animals. This color has not yet been recognized in the Netherlands.

Those are absolutely stunning. That hen has STYLE.

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Yellow cuckoo

cute!

Just like the cuckoo partridge, this color variety also produces hot chicks.

hot chicks XD
A translating gaff I suppose. Sexed chicks. Also nice birds.

 

[Painted Calls]

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Silver Cuckoo+Silver Crele?



Silver Cuckoo Partridge is a new color variety that was recognized in January 2008 in the Leghorn bantams. This color variety is similar to cuckoo partridge where the gold has been replaced by silvery white. Just like the cuckoo partridge, this color variety also produces hot chicks.

I LOVE this one.

 

[ColtHandorf]

In much of Europe, lavender is called "pearl grey." Which might be more accurate tbh.

Agreed.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

I LOVE this one.

Yeah so much going on with that pattern, but it all makes sense.