Breeding Pekins is a lot of fun. To be successful you firstly have to understand the 'type', then the colour. By studying the breed standards you can get a feel for the shape and colour you are working towards.

Always remember that type comes first. Without type we have no Pekin - so sacrifice colour to being with if needed.

The following articles go into depth on colour breeding, many of which contain pictures as examples. This article also tells you a bit about how the breeding pen should be made up.

Breeding Yellow-Legged Blacks - by Rev. T. W. Sturges, written in 1911
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Breeding Black Pekins - a discussion about the pullet and cockerel breeding lines
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David Plant is a blue Pekin expert. He shares some of his knowledge in this fantastic feature.
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Setting up your blue Pekin breeding pens, a continuation from the article above with graphical examples.
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The Buff Pekin is an old and very striking colour. Bob Stough shares his experience of breeding the buff colour of Cochin bantam. This was origionaly printed in the Southern Missouri Poultry Club newsletter in April 1979.
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By Allan Featherstone. Special permission to use this article has been obtained from the brilliant Pekin Bantam Club of Australia which featured in their February 2004 newsletter. A fantastic Pekin Club.
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The mottled Pekin is another popular colour, in Australia it was created by Bruce Treloar. David Plant drawn on his experiences and knowledge passed down from his father on the colour. Common faults are also pictured throughout.
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By Allan Featherstone. Special permission to use this article has been obtained from the brilliant Pekin Bantam Club of Australia which featured in their February 2004 newsletter. A fantastic Pekin Club.
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A true "white" bird, Pekin or otherwise, looks amazing in the show pen. Here are some thoughts on breeding the white colour to prefection.
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Edward Hanson was a successful Cochin breeder and exhibitor of whites back the 1920s. This article contains his knowledge on the colour.
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Back in 1983 the ABA yearbook had a great feature on breeding white Cochins. It covers a range of aspects such as releving stock of brassiness. Sta-white was the term given to whites completely free from any other colour - inother words geneticaly free from brassiness.
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Two examples of how perfectly coloured whites should look.
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Grant Moodliar is a Pekin breeder in South Africa with experience of breeding whites.
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