wabbitswayer
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Post by wabbitswayer on Mar 9, 2004 9:14:38 GMT -5
Ok, if I wanted a nice black bird with red hackle and red saddle, what would a breed? No, I am not talking about specific breeds or anything but what really makes this type of a color combo on a rooster?
What I would like is to get the most color from a single bird that I can. I have seen some breeds that turned out this way and I think one of them is the brown leghorn. What is the difference between a brown leghorn and a red one??? I mean really, what is the difference?
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Post by Kickingbird on Mar 15, 2004 9:44:14 GMT -5
I don't have my genetics book in front of me so I can't give you specifics, however I can give you an idea of what is going on. The Black Breasted reds have genes that cause a "duckwing" coloration. This is where the breast, tails and part of the wings are black and the Neck hackle, saddle hackle and wing bows are red (or silver). There are many, many breeds that have this coloration, brown leghorns are definetly one of them.
In solid reds they are just pure for red in all sections of their plumage. Some will have some black in them but good ones will not.
Hope this helps.
KB
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Post by Jigs on Mar 17, 2004 10:41:58 GMT -5
you might want to stick with old english games for this. I would use blue/reds, gingers, or duckwings. Both the blue/reds and the gingers have striking colors, the colors that you want. I personally have not tried this but it would be a good experiment. Cross the blue/reds to the gingers, then take the offspring and cross them to silver or gold duckwings (whichever you prefer) the coloring of the the first cross might fill in the spots that are silver on the silver duckwings giving you your coloring in the hackles and the saddle. Its just a idea. you could also try just crossing gingers to silver duckwings, or blue reds to silver duckwings
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