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I have noticed that quite a few photos of the silver/black birchens I have seen in America have this lacing, especially the females. My one little black/silver birchen pullet is getting the lacing. I am sure it is wrong as far as SOP (which doesn't exist yet for silver birchen Marans).
So how would you get rid of it? Breed to solid blacks or blues -if you don't have the solid black with silver birds?
My 2 blue birchens don't seem to have the lacing yet and hopefully won't but one may get some gold leakage because he has creamy white instead of silver in his saddles coming in and he is still young.
Here are some pics of what I'm thinking is lacing on silver black birchen females. Yes or no? There is one photo that shows it pretty far down on the breast.
http://greenfirefarms.com/store/category/chickens/marans/
Here is one with no lacing. The hens are really dark with just silver hackles (scroll down to Birchen silver-black)
http://frenchmaransclubaustralia.yolasite.com/notes-on-breeding.php
I have noticed that quite a few photos of the silver/black birchens I have seen in America have this lacing, especially the females. My one little black/silver birchen pullet is getting the lacing. I am sure it is wrong as far as SOP (which doesn't exist yet for silver birchen Marans).
So how would you get rid of it? Breed to solid blacks or blues -if you don't have the solid black with silver birds?
My 2 blue birchens don't seem to have the lacing yet and hopefully won't but one may get some gold leakage because he has creamy white instead of silver in his saddles coming in and he is still young.
Here are some pics of what I'm thinking is lacing on silver black birchen females. Yes or no? There is one photo that shows it pretty far down on the breast.
http://greenfirefarms.com/store/category/chickens/marans/
Here is one with no lacing. The hens are really dark with just silver hackles (scroll down to Birchen silver-black)
http://frenchmaransclubaustralia.yolasite.com/notes-on-breeding.php
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