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Guest:
The male looks Db the wings look good but he has alot of black in the tail. I can not tell much with the female but she does not look Db to me.

Tim

Jean:
John, how did those chicks turn out?

I agree with you that it is probably coming from Jay Horn\'s stock.  When I got my chicks from Paul S in March there was one in the box with those exact markings on its head and I know he also got a trio of birds from Jay.  Unfortunately all my buffs from Paul died and he sent me some hatching eggs.

I didn\'t get any more chicks with the funny marks when my eggs hatched.  Anyway, just curious.

Jean

John:

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Those with the zig-zag pattern on their heads feathered out mostly buff, but with quite a bit of black here and there.
From the original birds Jay got from Arne and me he said he crossed with LF white Ameraucanas to help get darker legs and show quality buff Orpingtons to improve color.  They would also improve size.  I don\'t know where the zig-zag genes came from and the breeders those chicks came from didn\'t show any black.  

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