Recent content by greybird11

Goodbye sweetheart...rest in peace and thank you. Love you my friend

Thank you. To further prove my point; regarding lighting and it’s effects on color... this male appears to be as dark as a SOP RIR but in actuality has a wonderful Mahogany sheen when in proper light. Lighting can make a bird look different shades and be deceiving.

Yes. a true SOP RIR will be darker by today’s standards that a mahogany buckeye. But the buckeye will have a darker shade than the heritage RIR (the color of the RIR from many years ago).

Here is my two cents for what it’s worth. The attached buckeye is a nice even mahogany. The heritage RIRs that were previously posted are a decent example of “Red”. The attached RIR (not mine) but I have very very similar are a very good deep red outlined in the SOP. The attached cornish is a...

I also would like to add that buckeyes (if bred correctly) are a much heartier family of poultry due to the strong asiatic influence.

Buckeyes are the better breed compares the the NH and RIR, they are more personable if you get them from a decent breeder that culls using disposition as one of their parameters. Getting respectable buckeyes can be difficult but no more difficult than the other breeds.

Here’s another great buckeye photo....beautiful birds!

All of the birds I’ve posted, I have raised and do belong to me

Silver duckwing American game

Dark Aseel

Buff Cornish

Thank you. We’ve been breeding buckeyes for awhile

Black Araucana

Buckeye

Hello everyone. Here is a pic of my daughter this year at her fair. This male was the Champion male bird and she earned overall outstanding poultry exhibitor placing 7 of 8 first place fowl accompanied by 1st place rankings in skillathon and showmanship.