Change in colour

Bertman · Snr Member Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 94

My cinamon hen is slowly changing colour. Over the last month or so she has gone more what I understand is known as pied and has a lot of lighter, almost yellowish colurs now. Anybody any experience with this phenomena? Think

Cattscapes · Foundation Member Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 113

Hi Bertman it sounds like you have a mottled hen. These start out as a cinnamon bird and they slowly change to yellow over 12 to 18 months. This also happens in the greens but they seem to only go about 50 to 75% yellow. Do you know the history of the bird ? Cheers Kev

Bertman · Snr Member Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 94

Thanks Kev,
I have had the little girl for about 6 months now and she is probably about close to a year old now. Mottled is not the same as pied? Will she turn completely yellow? I have seen pictures of those birds, they are absolutely beautiful! Will her ofspring also turn yellow over time?
Regards, Bert

Cattscapes · Foundation Member Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 113

Hi Bert mottled is not the same as pied but it will show up in normal and pied birds. With your bird being cinnamon it will probably go yellow over a couple of moults. If your bird is mottled you will need a cock that is at least split to mottled if you want mottled babies. Even then it is a long process in working out whats going to change and what wont. Try and post a picture of your hen is the best way to be shore. Cheers Kev

Bertman · Snr Member Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 94

I got a "before" and "after" picture taken with a digital camera, 3MB in size. Does anyone know how tyo compress these to 150Kb - I understand that this is the max JPEG file size? Think

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

open pic in your photo editer on your computer
crop so the subject is the main object
resize so longest side is about 500 pixels
file/save as u with see a button apear called opitions
set to about 20%
save
then when posting "attachment "box appears use "browse", then "add" then "submitt"

Bertman · Snr Member Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 94

Thanks, but is not working. will post pictures when I have figured out how

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

Email me the pic and I will do it for u

Bertman · Snr Member Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 94

Thanks Steptoe, I got them both down to 120 Kb, but I still cant upload them since the pixel zise is to big. What is your email please?

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

there is a email link top left of the page
"Email Webmaster"
and an email button bottom of each of my posts

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

Here are the Pics