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Partridge Ameraucana
angora831:
This picture stuff is above my skill level. Had to get help from the wife. These are two of the darker chicks that are showing the partridge markings. Right now these are the only two out of around 3 dozen eggs that were set. Only 15 got to hatching. Lots of lighter chicks and other shades. More hatchings every day. I think I have got past the fertility problems. We\'ll see.
Beth C:
Beautiful!! These are F2s, right? I hope at some point I can work with you on these - of all the colors chickens come in, partridge is probably my favorite.
Mike Gilbert:
Ken, the better the barring when they are chicks, the better the pencilling will be on the females when they mature. It looks like you are making progress.
Jean:
Ken,
What was your first cross on this project? Specifically male to female.
I notice you have single combed and clean faced offspring.
I would like to find out if there is a correlation between male and female crosses and resulting offspring with pea combs and beards and muffs.
I don\'t know if I have just been lucky, but I haven\'t gotten any single combs with my crosses yet. I had a few clean faced birds in the F1\'s, but didn\'t use them to further the project. I have gotten some clean faced in the F2\'s, but that is because some of the pullets I am using must only have one copy of the beard and muff gene. (an issue to work out in my current line of bantam blacks)
The above results are from my bantam cross only, I just started my large fowl project and don\'t have enough data to confirm anything. I am breeding them differently because there is no size issue and will have quicker results.
angora831:
The initial crosses were LF Black Ameraucana cocks over LF Partridge Plymouth Rock hens. These were probably 75% of my matings last year. I did get a Partride Rock rooster late and he was bred with LF Black Ameraucana hens. Most of the F1 pullet chicks that I kept from both crosses along with the cockerals were selected for leg color and size. All had some muffs and beards, some to a greater degree than others and I did not keep any that were clean faced. The F1 cockeral/cock used in this mating has a pea type comb. That was one of the reasons I kept him along with his leg color. Other than these two chicks above I only hatched another partridge the other day. It is going to be a numbers game and I have plenty of eggs in the incubator. Fingers crossed and some more partridge are on the way.
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