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Free Ranging
Here's the mossiness quotes for others if needed... Altho, most of this is regarding @Punkybrewster cockerels.
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This next quote is confusing to me but I didn't find any additional info...
I'll leg band them and continue watching to see if it molts out. So they stay for awhile yet, I want to see egg color regardless.
So, mainly just a decision I need to make on the 2 boys at this point.
Mine aren't completely mossy..Peoples use a lot reason to cull without understanding the reasons .
There is 2 type of lacing or flaking on the tip of the feathers BCM chicks both will moult out .
When you see the mossy or brown lacing in the BCM young cockerels that mean they carry maximum copper in they genomic make up . We should mark those cockerels for later. These type of cockerels will add a lot colour to they progeny . We should mate them to hens with incomplete hackle marking .
If all the feather are completely mossy brown on the pullets chicks than they are a cull .
Chooks man
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Here the genetic formula we should apply when selecting the BCM breeders:
BCM rooster with a pure black chest free from any copper should be bred to BCM hens with a complete hackle marking .
BCM rooster with a spotted chest with copper flaking should be bred to BCM hens with incomplete hackle marking ( minimum copper on they hackles).
BCM rooster with a complete coppery chest should be bred to BCM hens without any hackle marking ( all black hens)
Our job as BCM breeders is to balance the matting all the time . We just don t pen any BCM rooster to any BCM hens . That what most peoples do . Bad practice .
Chooks man
This next quote is confusing to me but I didn't find any additional info...
Why are we looking for mossy pullets? And if we are... I found some, now what?That is great no mossy pullets . Always look for the mossy pullets not the cockerels .
Chooks nan
I'll leg band them and continue watching to see if it molts out. So they stay for awhile yet, I want to see egg color regardless.
So, mainly just a decision I need to make on the 2 boys at this point.