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I am in North Florida and will have chicks from my Exhibition Line. ( I have a Good Shepard x Stukel) quad. Here is a young cockerel- I also have a Utility Line I created by crossing Delaware to GS Barred Rocks. They are 3/4 Rock and 1/4 Del, and do not have the crisp barring of the show line...

Quote: AGREE, but are the ones that lay earlier and often of the same age/breed/conditions may the ones we should be keeping/breeding . I think so, but am not sure. Maybe the later layers will be better ultimately for size and productivity...? Observations and good record keeping will help us...

Quote: Hey Laura, that's what I thought as well. Mine are 32 weeks and I got my first egg yesterday . Their faces were redder, but they have such small, tidy combs...I was surprised . I have not checked for the bulls eye yet. I DON'T THINK my boy has a clue. He is not even crowing yet and has...

Quote: Yep...they sure do....especially the head in the feed bowl thing

I am loving watching my BR's from Kathy grow. These are turning 24 weeks... No crowing or squatting yet...still putting all their energy into growing. Their fine and precise barring is fascinating. It is almost mesmerizing, like 60's OP Art.