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Thanks again faile. It is great to now know the color category and the background that produced these cockerels.

They are both less than a year old and I have only noticed the wry tail on the one over the last two months. I was totally unfamiliar with the term and condition. It would be fantastic if he would grow out of the condition, but my base visual assessment is that it looks like the tail stance is being set. So it may be permanent. He does possess good feathering overall and all those tail components may just be a bit of a challenge.

I will gladly post updates later on if I think they might be be of value to others.

Here are some pics of the pullet that I mentioned in an earlier post. I think you might be able to see that the red coloration does appear beyond the hackles down into the body of the bird. I have some young ones coming along that have color only in the hackles.

It is interesting how this female varies her tail presentation dependent on the degree of camera shyness at the moment.

Comments welcome.

She's a nice pullet. Great pics too; clear, crisp, and bright! That's an interesting color the way the red is on the body. How many siblings did she have that she was the only one out of them like that?

My birds' postures and tail angles all vary with their mood at the moment.
Bye for now,


David

No siblings from the mating that produced this bird. She hatched in December of 08 - I had a silver hen go broody and put a half dozen eggs under her - whatever was produced that day from assorted pens went under the silver. Just wanted to keep her occupied as she wanted to be a top notch incubator! Amazing how chicks raised outdoors through the dead of winter maintain their great health and vigor with the assistance of a good broody hen.

Got several nice birchen hens and a beautiful crele cockerel out of the bunch. The crele cockerel is somewhat light in barring color from what might be the most desired color intensity. But I think the lighter blending might be a great looking end result. Also breeding him to a darker barred or a black might help future generations from him.

I really need to get a lot more information under my belt on the intricacies of breeding good creles.

If I get a chance, I will post a pic of him - might get some ideas on suggested matings from you kind folks.

Thanks for the comments about the quality of the photos - I post them with the hope they are clear, but I still have resolution problems and don't see them with the best clarity on this end! Therefore your comments let me know they can be properly seen by others too!

She's really lovely. Gorgeous tail when she's feeling less camera shy! That red is interesting on her, but I wonder if it isn't just the way the colour is expressed on more masculine hen feathers? I've really only had the chance to observe duckwing patterning on longtail hens, so I don't really know what the other colours will do, but there is certainly an extra richness and glimmer to the hen plumage that seems to only be on my best feathered hens. The best way I can describe it is that the feathers look more male-like while still being female patterned. Anyway, the male colouring tends to show up as a sort of lacing on the feathers of my duckwings just like it is on this girl. I'd bet you she'll breed really nice feathers on the next generation.