The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[KF0002]

It's probably not that simple.
And some of my projects aren't as simple as I usually let on either. I'm usually experimenting a little that I don't always show right away.
Here's the deal. For years I've toyed with males that are more of a red gold duckwing. I've always had them but this spring with all the reducing of adults I've done I found out I only had one left. He's the male in with the crele pullet right now.
If you look back through chick pics with browns you might catch the difference. They remind me of a brown leghorn chick compared to Welsummer chick.
Here's a bad partial pic of that rooster. You can see he's darker in gold tones then a brown would normally be.
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He has nice type and his color is lovely. So it wouldn’t be mahagany since his hackle is still gold. More like extra autosomal red. Or some other red enhancer gene. I think the deeper red will look nice in the creles. I look forward to seeing them!

 

[KF0002]

I moved the last group of chicks out of the brooder building, so all are in the outdoor brooders now. Now to impatiently wait for the pullets to reach point of lay.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Now to impatiently wait for the pullets to reach point of lay.

That does not sound fun.

 

[WallyG74]

That does not sound fun.

If you sit in the coop with them it happens a lot faster.

 

[Amer]

I moved the last group of chicks out of the brooder building, so all are in the outdoor brooders now. Now to impatiently wait for the pullets to reach point of lay.

I never care about laying, I just want mine to look pretty.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I never care about laying, I just want mine to look pretty.

 

[Amer]

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Hey! I care about the personality too!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Hey! I care about the personality too!

It's ok if you want a trophy chicken on your arm.

 

[Amer]

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It's ok if you want a trophy chicken on your arm.

I do!

 

[Amer]

It's true...