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Got the ideal Wyandotte head pair done. Soon going to color it but first need to make henny penny's expression a little less "I'm going to eat you" and a little more friendly...lol.
 
DMRippy said:
ok genetic experts or SPW experts..... I was reading....first mistake right? haha. anyway they were talking about silver penciled and partridge splits and that you needed to breed those splits back to pure of the silver's and if you didn't youbwould just keep getting splits and partridge.....does that mean I am doomed since all my SPW are splits? I have yet to hatch what look like a pure silver all pullets have red leakage. the roos I have DONT have the cream or red but in reading that still does not mean they are not splits. Can I breed the partridge out if it can hide in the roos like that?

I sold my other roo because he was throwing lots of partriges. I also sold my other hens pullets for the amount of leakage since I had several young pullets with better silver growing out. my new roo is really silver no cream or red that I can see. HELP!!! this is really sounding like a bigger project than I can take on right now. I didn't know when I got them they were splits. this is sounding like a 5 year project pen and I don't do bantams ahahahahaha!!!!!!
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do I just keep picking for the best silver to remove it?????
That is what I am doing. Mine are from Foley, Not sure which generation they are on....He crossed on a partridge for type and a SP Rock bantam to clean up color and penciling.
On the second generation at my place and still getting brassy females but the hackles are cleaning up. The males will have a couple of gold ticks on the wing bar but other than that look pretty clean but they have been given away or culled. Out of 75 chicks, I had 3 females with decent color and kept the best 2. Hoping to get a good male out of this round...
 
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Chickenhill said:
DMRippy said:
ok genetic experts or SPW experts..... I was reading....first mistake right? haha. anyway they were talking about silver penciled and partridge splits and that you needed to breed those splits back to pure of the silver's and if you didn't youbwould just keep getting splits and partridge.....does that mean I am doomed since all my SPW are splits? I have yet to hatch what look like a pure silver all pullets have red leakage. the roos I have DONT have the cream or red but in reading that still does not mean they are not splits. Can I breed the partridge out if it can hide in the roos like that? I sold my other roo because he was throwing lots of partriges. I also sold my other hens pullets for the amount of leakage since I had several young pullets with better silver growing out. my new roo is really silver no cream or red that I can see. HELP!!! this is really sounding like a bigger project than I can take on right now. I didn't know when I got them they were splits. this is sounding like a 5 year project pen and I don't do bantams ahahahahaha!!!!!!
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do I just keep picking for the best silver to remove it????? That is what I am doing. Mine are from Foley, Not sure which generation they are on....He crossed on a partridge for type and a SP Rock bantam to clean up color and penciling. On the second generation at my place and still getting brassy females but the hackles are cleaning up. The males will have a couple of gold ticks on the wing bar but other than that look pretty clean but they have been given away or culled. Out of 75 chicks, I had 3 females with decent color and kept the best 2. Hoping to get a good male out of this round...
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I was looking at my new pullets and a couple in the hackles have too much black and some more silver is that a cull point? I used it as one when I sold the others. I will plug away for another season or two. if I don't see improvement by summer I may give up.
 
DMRippy said:
I was looking at my new pullets and a couple in the hackles have too much black and some more silver is that a cull point? I used it as one when I sold the others. I will plug away for another season or two. if I don't see improvement by summer I may give up.
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Depends on what you are breeding male or female line. You have a photo?
 
Chickenhill said:
DMRippy said:
I was looking at my new pullets and a couple in the hackles have too much black and some more silver is that a cull point? I used it as one when I sold the others. I will plug away for another season or two. if I don't see improvement by summer I may give up.
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Depends on what you are breeding male or female line.  You have a photo?
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I will try to get some but it might be next week. so darker hackles in pullets or hens breeds better males and lighter breeds better pullets? inquiring minds want to know.
 
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