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thoughts on buff and leg color
Mike Gilbert:
Jean, what is the eye color on the adult birds that hatch with brown legs and end up with very dark slate legs? I\'ll explain when I have your answer.
Jean:
They are more on the brown side, but the others that are wheaten based have eyes almost the same color as their buff color feathers. Which in my opinion is a little light.
Mike Gilbert:
Jean, where do you think the eb came from? I know John used Buff Laced Polish, and they would be based on ER. So I was thinking if you had some of that blood it might be the source of those dark legs at hatch. Dark brown eyes would be another clue, because I think you only get them on E and ER.
jwoodhaven:
We hatch the Buff Laced Polish and I can tell you that they do not hatch with the slate leg color the color develops as they start getting older just like in the Wheaten.
Jean:
I think it came from some of my very first buffs that came from McKinney poultry. They were very nice in color, but a bit on the small side.
I had difficulty hatching the eggs and if they did hatch at least half of them would die within a day or two. I ended up breeding them with buffs from John and Paul.
The chicks that did survive from that first line I had, had the dark legs.
Mike do you think that the second chick has carrying the dun gene? It appears to be buff on the head, wings and tail. The back is a champagne color. Any thoughts???
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