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I am not an expert by any means.but the first roo has a more correct color pattern. Can not see his comb in the pic, but the second roo is to light colored(flame) in the hackles and the comb is not good either.By using the lighter colored hackled roo, the chances of getting the salmon coloer hen, like pictured , will be much higher. He could be used to lighten darker hens., But I would guess that her has been diluted with some other bloodline, so would not use him. That is based on my experiace in my flock. When I used a roo like that , over salmon colored hens, I got about 5 percent white chicks. I culled the entire line, rather that try to "fix " it. They did not lay eggs of the correct color. to light, although they had lovely small specks on them. My lone calicowood hen. layed the nicest speclked eggs, very conistantly, about 5 a week, She always takes 2 day off in a row, some time 6 and then 2 days off, sometime 5 and then 2 days off.She does not lay quiet as large of egg as my grisham line, but lays a more oval egg. My grisham line layes very well, but does tend to lay some kida torpedo shaped eggs once in a while. The hatch rate on my grisham line, is better than my calicowood hen, though. I have swicthed roos, so maybe it was the roo, but he was very fertile with the othger hens in the pen. so maybe she needs some trimming in the vent area. My other line are rock stars both in laying and egg color.The fugate line came from very good layers. Professed to lay an egg almost every day, and I would belive it.The color is more terra cota than my Grisham line. they lay better, and for the most part are no speckled kind of eggs.With 8 pullets in that pen now that have been in lay about 2 months, they consitantly lay 6 a day, sometime 7 or 8 never less than 5. My Grisham layed about like the calicowood. 4 or 5 then a day off the 3 or 4 then a day off. I have another gruop of the fugate /crossed over grisahm coming on, and they are going to lay like the fugate.These are out of my mid december to new years hatch. 8 or 9 total wellies in the pen, with some marans. I have been getting 4 to 6 wellie eggs a day and 3 or 4 marans eggs. I ahve sold severasl out of that gruop in the last week, but the egg production has remained, so either I sold non layers, or more are coming into lay. Just some ideas on what my wellies do.
