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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Hazelwood Flock on March 24, 2012, 09:42:18 pm

Title: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Hazelwood Flock on March 24, 2012, 09:42:18 pm

I bought some hatching eggs online, sold as millefleur pekin. I hatched 3 chicks, 2 cockerels and a pullet. The biggest cockerel now resides in south west Wales, and we kept the other. To me he looks nothing like a millefleur - so what is he?

(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa43/crazysheep-795/P3241160.jpg)
side view

(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa43/crazysheep-795/P3241145.jpg)
rear view

(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa43/crazysheep-795/P3241151.jpg)
front view.

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: little blue on March 24, 2012, 09:45:48 pm

I dunno ... but lovely looking :thumbsup:

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Mel on March 24, 2012, 09:47:53 pm

Looks like a lemon Cuckoo Pekin to me! or even Buff crossed with another colour.

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: sam.t on March 24, 2012, 11:54:48 pm

would also say lemon cuckoo :-)

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: arwelcoed on March 25, 2012, 12:04:11 am

Colour aside he does not look a very true to form for a Pekin! I don't like speculate but I think you were sold some bad eggs! But on a positive note he looks real good looker  :yum:

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Mel on March 25, 2012, 08:04:44 am

Yes absolutely beautiful,he could be crossed with a Silkie you know.

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Big Light on March 25, 2012, 08:34:18 am

He's bonny but a lemon Cuckoo doesn't have the dark tail or neck markings, it almost as though the cuckoo is coming back from the yellow what ever cross it was , you could keep him as something pretty to look at or not?

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Hazelwood Flock on March 25, 2012, 06:19:20 pm

The pullet hatched in the same lot looks like a buff, no barring or marks at all. I will keep him as I don't intend to hatch anything from them, and he is such a character - loves chasing off the jackdaws!

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Big Light on March 25, 2012, 07:20:01 pm

Nothing wrong with keeping something pretty that keeps you amused!

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Brijjy on March 28, 2012, 09:40:59 pm

My pekin cockerel is nigh on exactly the same colouring. His mum was buff and his dad was lavender.

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Birdie Wife on March 29, 2012, 02:09:51 pm

My first thought as soon as I saw the pic was Crele/Creole - have a look at the pics on feathersite and see if it fits.

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Big Light on March 30, 2012, 06:54:28 am

I was looking a something else and genetically he looks like the markings of a buff columbian with a cuckoo / barred gene

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: sheardale on March 30, 2012, 01:53:04 pm

A lovely bird ....  whatever he is. x

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Pasture Farm on April 04, 2012, 11:33:51 am

i'm thinking crele   tho they poss have more dark tail feathers :thumbsup:

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Birdie Wife on April 12, 2012, 02:36:53 pm

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Cochins/BRKCochinBty.html (http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Cochins/BRKCochinBty.html)

Crele looks right to me - there's a photo of a crele Pekin hen about half way down the page on this link (scroll down).

Title: Re: What colour is my Pekin?
Post by: Crazyboutdaanimals on April 12, 2012, 07:21:26 pm

he is gorgeous colouring, wish mine looked like that  :(