October,
16 1977
Dear
Bill,
I
think your idea of an Australian Standard to be a sound one - hope you go
ahead with it. Feel free to quite freely from Bantam Standard if you wish to
so long as credit is acknowledged. I will try to answer your question on Red
Cochins (we have some good Red Cochins - true reds with no black anywhere).
RI
Red x Black Pekin should give on F1 of black - most females should be solid
black but males will be black with red in hackle and saddle.
Mating
Brother x Sister I would expect tremendous variation in color and type but the
ingredients are there to eventually produce a Red (Black tailed red) Cochin.
How
long it would take I don’t know but it would have to be many years to
recover Pekin type and proper red color.
If
one crosses RI Red x white Pekin (recessive) the F1 would be coloured but I
could not predict what colour with any accuracy because whites very so much
from bird to bird in their covered up colour genes.
My
best having Clive and Mary Carefoot of Preston, England, visit us the last
week in September. I now have a better picture of exhibition breeding in
Britain.
Sincerely,