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  12. Posted · Report reply

    Hello Craig,

     

    it's very difficult to get penguin cocks without chest markings. Most of the time all the cocks have more or less markings. Sometimes after 2 or 3 moults, they can get clearer . Birds with a lighter grey colour will show less markings, but they will show less colour in the cheeks too.

    The penguin hens never show chest markings, but sometimes they show tear markings. And again it's the same as with the cocks, you can get 2 sisters and the one is clear and the other one has tear markings...................you can try to reduce these faults by a severe selection, but nevertheless they will never totally disappear.Penguin is not an easy mutation .

     

    Regards,

     

    Michael

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    it can only be a grey cheek cock.

    The penguin is a grey one, the hen a cheek grey..............so the young cocks are grey/ penguin or grey cheek/ penguin

    The hens are normal/ penguin or grey cheek/ penguin.

    If the penguin grey cock would be split fawn, then you would get fawn cheek hens, fawn hens, normal hens and grey cheek hens............all split penguin. The cocks out of such a pairing cannot be of fawn color.

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