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2nd pic, female chestnut flanked white in the back, the male is fawn split pied.

You can tell by the white on his tail and wing edges.

In the bottom pic, the male in the back looks CFW maybe English CFW (chestnut flanked white)

The female in the middle looks silver isabel, just like my old silver isabel hen that my grandma has.

the front female looks CFW aslo

It looked like by your first post you had the Chestnut Flanked White correct, the male fawn split pied, he is not full pied.

I think pairing the two CFW together, and the Fawn with the isabel you will get beautiful chcks, sorry I missed the first post

I agree with Dante..good call Dante!

Thanks Cindy! I am starting to understand the genetics a bit more, especially when BB is NOT involved!!

cindy wrote:I agree with Dante..good call Dante!

Yeah Dante got it !

Dante, split to BB is sometimes hard because you don't always get young that carry it show it. The signs are thin tear but that can mean OB....I usually look for the other markers like orange lacing in the wings, enlarged breasted bar in males!, in females a thin breasted bar line. In males the have enlarged cheek patches with often an orange line (what I call an eyebrow) over the eye. Then there is that hour glass shape in the tail feathers. Some show all these signs while some show one or two or none....especially if more than one mutation is at play.

Yes, it confuses me with OB and BB, but even more when other mutations are mixed!

Depending on the area, your one hen might be a Single Factor Florida Fancy. They bear a striking similarity to the Isabel. While the SF/FF are more common here in the states, Isabels have been becoming more prevalent. For more info on the two mutations you can read the following article.

http://efinch.com/species/ffxisabelzeb.htm