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What's a good color pullet/hen to be paired with a BB Red Bantam cockerel?
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What's your goal?What's a good color pullet/hen to be paired with a BB Red Bantam cockerel?
BBred, Ginger Red, Brown RedWhat's your goal?
What available colors of hens/pullets do you have?
BB Red/Wildtype is an intermediate gene, it can be both dominant, & recessive depending on what it's crossed too.
I am 100% new with Old English Game Bantams, we are not showing, just trying to find what would be best to start with giving a variety of colors.BBred, Ginger Red, Brown Red
Well, BB Red will just make more BB Reds.BBred, Ginger Red, Brown Red
What would you cross a BB Red cockerel with even if you had to buy another pullet/hen for your liking and why?Well, BB Red will just make more BB Reds.
Brown Red X BB Red Will make more Brown Reds. Back crossing will result in some BB Reds, & Brown Reds.
I can't find much info on Ginger Red, but from what I've seen they're BB Red with Db(Dark Brown), a gene similar to Columbian. It's a dominant gene, so all offspring will be Ginger Red, but maybe incomplete, meaning some pattern will leak through.
I would probably cross to one that's already mixed colored. Like Splash Barred, or maybe a Leaky Paint as examples.What would you cross a BB Red cockerel with even if you had to buy another pullet/hen for your liking and why?
Thank you for giving your recommendation, I will look up these because they are definitely new to me, but I like the idea of creating new varieties.I would probably cross to one that's already mixed colored. Like Splash Barred, or maybe a Leaky Paint as examples.
These will help create more variety, or possible surprises.
You're welcome.Thank you for giving your recommendation, I will look up these because they are definitely new to me, but I like the idea of creating new varieties.
I found Splash, barred Old English Game Bantams, but what is Leaky Paint?I would probably cross to one that's already mixed colored. Like Splash Barred, or maybe a Leaky Paint as examples.
These will help create more variety, or possible surprises.