Re: growing chickkens-colour development

From: Krys Francis (krys_at_lluestfarmpoultry.co.uk)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:56:19 +0100

In message <ZmwDc.25625$3N6.13684@amsnews05.chello.com>, xinixx
<xinixx@web.de> writes
>Hi
>
>At the moment i've 7 Sebright chickens hatched 5-5-2004 and getting more
>feathers each day. Unlike their parents some got more black on their back
>and breast, instead of a clear zoom around each feather. Are they still to
>young to predict their full colour outcome?
>
> I know sebrights are not the easiest breed to breed but i wondered while
>aging will their colours develop/ establish?
>
>greetings xininxx

I don't know for sure with sebrights. I've got various colours of laced
wyandottes, most have excellent lacing which can be seen quite early. I
have however one line which are less consistent with the quality of
lacing, these sound similar to your sebrights, these need to be left for
quite a few months before one can really tell whether their lacing will
be passable, it can improve, but is rarely as nice as one would like.
Personally I'm outcrossing to lines with consistently good lacing in
order to try to resolve the problem.
>
> 

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Krys Francis