The Plymouth Rock Breeders thread

[Yard full o' rocks]

I don't think I have the gene I haven't seen any brassiness in any of my birds I'm trying to work on getting correct color in my birds and keeping strong yellow leg coloring so far my pulleys have been showing strong leg coloring yet columbian patterning seems to be either to dark or to light

Post a few pix when you can

 

[Rockman44]

Post a few pix when you can

Ya ill post some pics

 

[catdaddyfro]

If you are fighting it, you will see brassiness in the shoulders/hackles/saddles of your columbian patterned birds

Yes this area is also know as the pyle zone/area it is where the (autosomal=automatically zoned))reds want to naturally come through and without the proper inhibitors will for sure rear they ugly head. Do you ever notice you hardly never see a brassy pullet? its because the brassiness tends to show up on the male sex feathers mostly they are 90% located in the pyle area(hackles, saddles, wing bars and wing bows) So funny how it(brassiness) doesn't effect the secondary flights(which are red on a pyle) so much or the tail sickles One of the studies I intend to research some day, on how it mostly is the sex feathers and they are for sure of a difference in style/make-up than body plumage(hen feathers)

Jeff

 

[Rockman44]

This is one my first hens I purchased

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

This is one my first hens I purchased

may not be letting you post pix....perhaps put in photobucket and attach a link

 

[Rockman44]

Same hen

 

[Rockman44]

This is one of my pullets with a lot of spelling or smut near the saddle

 

[Rockman44]

Same pullet sorry for so many posts it only let's me add so much

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

[/URL]This is one of my pullets with a lot of spelling or smut near the saddle

Hackle on this female is a tad too high (goes too far up the neck) BUT her hackle is much darker than the other pix posted (a real plus!!) The mossiness in her back is an indication she is a little overly dark in undercolor...also not a bad thing as it is VERY hard to darken if you ever get it too light

I would use her as a female from which I would expect well marked males...female offspring will likely be a tad dark, perhaps mossy backed

 

[Rockman44]

Another pullet from this year