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Beth C:
It's pouring rain here, around 4 inches expected, I believe someone said, so a good day to go through pictures. Here are a couple of my little sport I hatched this year. I'd heard people talk about brown-reds cropping up out of black, but I'd never gotten one until this season. I knew something was off from day one because she hatched solid black, but was still surprised. She is a lavender split. I'm not planning on using her in the lavender project - I'd like to hear some of you guys with a greater understanding of genetics than I have weigh in, but I would think it would produce more of the brassiness I've been fighting for the last 4-5 seasons, and I don't intend to sell her, since I don't want to risk anyone trying to breed her as a brown-red, so at this point she is an attractive addition to my aging layer flock. Sorry for the lousy pics, not a very cooperative subject:

John:

--- Quote ---I don't intend to sell her, since I don't want to risk anyone trying to breed her as a brown-red,
--- End quote ---
I don't breed brown reds any more, but I would think she would be a good candidate for a brown red project.  If an when lavender shows up you could just sell them as backyard/meat birds.
I haven't had a brown red show up from my blacks in many years, but that is were my first ones came from and I had one hen that was a real beauty.
I suspect some lavenders with what appears to be a lot of silver/gold leakage are birchen based and I've sold them as meat birds when they've shown up here.

Beth C:
Interesting. I suppose I could test-mate for lavender. This is the first one I've gotten, and I haven't introduced any new blood since the original blacks from Wayne and lavenders from Harry, so I was really shocked when this popped up. I've since sold both parents, so not sure I'll ever see another one, but if I wanted to do a brown-red project, would I need to obtain a male or could I get there breeding to black?

The leakage has given me a fit. I like using split males, since it's more obvious on black. Seeing improvement but still a ways to go. Anxious to see what crossing with the birds from you and Paul will produce.

Mike Gilbert:
Beth, if you wanted a brown red line you should have bred this pullet back to her father.  You may have obtained as many as 50% brown reds from that mating.   No all ideally colored of course, but brown reds nonetheless.  I know, I know:   20-20 hindsight.

DeWayne Edgin:
Would a brown red rooster work with her to get more brown reds? Also how much does she weigh? She may be usefull for adding size to a flock.  :)

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