Dr. Bjorn Netland,
Thanks for posting here. We have all heard bits and pieces about your original hatch and look forward to your contributions to this forum. We have lots we can learn from you.
When I was on the Norweigen forum a few months back they were taking about a new varriety they called the Grey Jaerhon. They were setting up a swap so those intrested in establishing the grey varriety could exchange stock. They never posted any photos of the grey, but that may be what you...
That is great that your NJ pullets are laying. :-)
I had two pullets start laying this spring that started laying Cream Colored egg (they are NOT Jaerhons). Their eggs are now easy to mistake for the White Leghorn eggs which are chalk white. I think that you may find your NJ eggs to lighten...
I too would like to know if there are any light NJ still popping out in the USA and see these Flame NJ. I assume that the light NJ is recessive to the dark NJ. The original hatch in the US had both light and dark, but the light have seemed to all go away.
I saw a post on the Norwegian Forum...
Wow...so the Jaerhons have both barring. That is really cool. This is great information.
Yes, I was was looking at the ebc color of the Sicilian Buttercups for the possible color pattern too. I was also looking at the ey color patter of the Spanish Murciana. The Jaerhon seems to be closer...
I got on the Norwegian web-page that Amyable sent me and noticed that CelticMoon posted my question there last week. Thanks! CelticMoon. I also have been doing some digging in a few other places. A thread on the The Coop's suggested that the Jaerhon may have a unique primary color pattern in...
Does anyone know the genetics of the Jaer's? The possibilities I came up with from the few photos I have seen are the following. Can anyone confirm?
Dark Variety
eb/eb partridge Brown
B/B+ Sex-linked Barring
Cb/Cb Dominate Champagne (or possibly recessive cream ig/ig, or a single factor...