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Breeding / Re: Red (leakage?) on blue cockerel wings

« on: August 01, 2021, 05:34:19 PM »

Thanks, Lindsay! I've actually read every thread and post several times. :-) It's great to see so much educational info out there now, and you've contributed so much of it. I knew I was probably making a mistake when I got these...I used to have birds from Paul but got out of chickens for a few years . I just got in a hurry to add a few blue eggers and tried these instead of waiting for one of the people I knew I should wait for.    I knew better and now have some chicks from a good line. Was just curious about those "colorful" feathers showing up, having never seen them previously in my blue birds.

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Breeding / Re: Red (leakage?) on blue cockerel wings

« on: August 01, 2021, 02:58:28 PM »

Thanks...I thought leakage but wasn't sure that was the right term.  Stock supposed to have originally come from a good/known breeder but I think a lot of back yard breeding and no showing has happened since then (I use that term as I come from the dog show/breeding world; it's as if someone got a puppy from show lines then bred indiscriminately with no "quality control.") Not intending to be mean...sweet person, sweet birds...just nothing to work with. Does a fair amount of leakage show up in good blue lines or is this unusual? Not obsessing...again, just curiosity as I grow up my new bunch.

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Breeding / Re: Red (leakage?) on blue cockerel wings

« on: August 01, 2021, 01:34:23 PM »

Click on the pics to see better. The other one has literally ONE off-colored feather! Again...not wanting to keep or breed these guys nor am I interested in finger pointing! Just very interested in color genetics and how/why this might have occurred in a group of BBS chicks.

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Breeding / Re: Red (leakage?) on blue cockerel wings

« on: August 01, 2021, 01:24:11 PM »

Wing closeup

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Breeding / Re: Red (leakage?) on blue cockerel wings

« on: August 01, 2021, 01:18:28 PM »

This is the first blue cockerel with the odd-colored feathers.

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Breeding / Red (leakage?) on blue cockerel wings

« on: July 31, 2021, 02:00:08 PM »

What can you tell me about red showing up on the wings of a 4-month old blue cockerel...is this a defect that happens, wheaten in the woodpile, etc.? I got some blue chicks earlier this year but quickly realized they aren't the quality I want to work with (fortunately was able to recently get some from a well-known breeder that look much nicer.) I won't be keeping the first batch with no lacing and the red showing up in the cockerels but just curious about it.