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Hankinson
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 Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 8:54 pm Post subject: What about Roscoe? |
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Hey folks,
I finally got a picture of Roscoe the Lucky up on my folder, Burl>s Pix,
in the MSN picture group. Roscoe is indeed lucky because he was given to me to
do with as I pleased, and he could have ended up flavoring noodles. Instead, he
found his lucky behind plopped down in a harem of 17 hens with no competition.
I kept him both to produce fertile eggs but also because I think he is one
beautiful rooster. The picture of course does him no justice. I have been to
two state fairs and many small shows since he arrived and have yet to see a
rooster I consider his beautious equal. I want to rear his kind, but, what is
he? He looks a lot like a gold duckwing welsumer, but also a lot like some
americaunas, although his colors are cleaner than most. When crossed with
barred rock hens his daughters are jet black, his sons are barred, and the eggs
are a solid distinct olive. I would really appreciate anyone looking at the
picture, and giving their opinion on his likely origin. I can post another
picture of any part of him you need to see more closely.
Thanks,
Burl |
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Krys Francis
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:09 am Post subject: Re: What about Roscoe? |
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In message <20030807115407.13454.00000081@mb-m27.aol.com>, Hankinson
<hankinson@aol.comspamfree> writes
[quote]Hey folks,
I finally got a picture of Roscoe the Lucky up on my folder, Burl>s Pix,
in the MSN picture group. Roscoe is indeed lucky because he was given to me to
do with as I pleased, and he could have ended up flavoring noodles. Instead, he
found his lucky behind plopped down in a harem of 17 hens with no competition.
I kept him both to produce fertile eggs but also because I think he is one
beautiful rooster. The picture of course does him no justice. I have been to
two state fairs and many small shows since he arrived and have yet to see a
rooster I consider his beautious equal. I want to rear his kind, but, what is
he? He looks a lot like a gold duckwing welsumer, but also a lot like some
americaunas, although his colors are cleaner than most. When crossed with
barred rock hens his daughters are jet black, his sons are barred, and the eggs
are a solid distinct olive. I would really appreciate anyone looking at the
picture, and giving their opinion on his likely origin. I can post another
picture of any part of him you need to see more closely.
Thanks,
Burl
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Hi Burl,
Roscoe is handsome. He is golden duckwing in colour & he does look like
the ameraucanas, I>m not familiar with those but it sounds likely if all
of his pullet offspring from the rocks laid green eggs.
When you put him onto a barred rock hen you did another sex link:-)
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Regards
Krys
www.lluestfarmpoultry.co.uk |
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laurie (Mother Mastiff)
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:59 am Post subject: Re: What about Roscoe? |
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Howdy, Burl,
I have a boy who looks almost as pretty as Roscoe and similar markings who
is a pure South American Gold Duckwing. I won>t be breeding him till next
year, but I only set blue eggs or eggs where the color is the same on the
inside. My deepest colored South American eggs are jade or sea green all
the way through. If the color goes all the way through, then it is due to
the blue egg gene, and that is my goal. So my South American and Easter
Egger hens all lay blue or blue-green eggs with no brown pigment. If you
want another male like Roscoe to reinforce the feather and egg color both, I
could probably oblige you this time next year, if you are interested.
Do you know what a Gold Duckwing hen looks like? Very different from the
male, but if you have any hens with the right coloring to put with Roscoe,
it will greatly increase your chances of producing more GDWs. They are
white and beige patterned on the body, with a salmon breast. When you bred
to a barred bird, you were breeding to a dominant pattern, and that would
mask the GDW genes, adding one or two more generations to your quest for
more Roscoes.
I just added photos of all my Gold Duckwings, past and present.
http://groups.msn.com/sciagriculturepoultry/goldduckwingpattern.msnw?Page=La
st
I may use a GDW hen with my boy who looks like Roscoe, to reinforce and
clarify the pattern.
I believe that GDW is one of the colors Ameraucanas come in, that may be a
good route for you, possibly you could get a good pullet or two for Roscoe.
cheers, laurie (Mother Mastiff)
"Hankinson" <hankinson@aol.comspamfree> wrote in message
news:20030807115407.13454.00000081@mb-m27.aol.com...
[quote]Hey folks,
I finally got a picture of Roscoe the Lucky up on my folder, Burl>s
Pix,
in the MSN picture group. Roscoe is indeed lucky because he was given to
me to
do with as I pleased, and he could have ended up flavoring noodles.
Instead, he
found his lucky behind plopped down in a harem of 17 hens with no
competition.
I kept him both to produce fertile eggs but also because I think he is one
beautiful rooster. The picture of course does him no justice. I have been
to
two state fairs and many small shows since he arrived and have yet to see
a
rooster I consider his beautious equal. I want to rear his kind, but, what
is
he? He looks a lot like a gold duckwing welsumer, but also a lot like some
americaunas, although his colors are cleaner than most. When crossed with
barred rock hens his daughters are jet black, his sons are barred, and the
eggs
are a solid distinct olive. I would really appreciate anyone looking at
the
picture, and giving their opinion on his likely origin. I can post another
picture of any part of him you need to see more closely.
Thanks,
Burl[/quote] |
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