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,