Buff Columbian:

This trio has been put together headed by an under-coloured buff columbian male with minimal striping in the neck hackle. The females are of three different shades of buff.

The difference with these females is that they have been proven to carry the wheaten gene so the mating to a striped necked columbian may have the chance to produce a wheaten female.

The lighter female in this pen is the product of a wheaten female that has produced wheatens with the blue tails and also blue buff columbian offspring.

Cuckoo:

The trio to the left is headed by the required “light" barred cuckoo male combined with a pair of Black pekin hens.

This combination should produce all cuckoos close to the desired shade required for exhibition

Readers will notice the very distinct barring to the ground on the front of the male. These lighter barred males tend to exhibit a high degree of clarity between the french grey and the barring.

Birchen:

Exceptionally well coloured trio of mated birchin (sporting a good crop of feed at this picture!)

Female is probably a little over coloured however this female should produce well coloured males.

You will note the clarity of silver in the hackles of both the male and female. The lacing on the chest of the male is of a particularly high quality with regard to clarity and fineness of the lacing which is illustrated further in the close up shot below