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Mine were not color contaminated. I raised and sold a lot of them, and a few Bielefelders, until I perfected my Welbars. Once I had my Welbars 100% autosexing, they proved to be better layers and much darker eggs than the Rhodebars or Biels. My space and time have limits, and they simply didn't...

They seem to be mostly an abandoned breed. Lots of us used to have them . . .

Took a bit to find references to his method. Not really much new there, this is the technique I used when creating Welbars, and will continue to use, I just never read his work to give him credit. It was recommended to me by someone else without attribution, perhaps because it is rather obvious...

Very true. I have recreated Welbars here in the US, but it took nearly 3 years of intensive work (5 generations). Rhodebars are harder to re-create from the parent breeds because RIR carry the wheaten gene (Welsummers do not) and that must be eliminated because it prevents easy sexing of the...

They will not be autosexing, all the chicks will look alike and you will not be able to sex them until they get old enough to show secondary sex characteristics (comb, pointed hackle feathers, etc.) . If you want autosexing, you need both parents to have the correct genetics and RIR hens don't...

It depends. (isn't that the answer to most questions in life?) Seriously, I was getting $8 for pullet chicks last spring, but I was not able to sell all of them at that price and sold some surplus ones for $5. Right now, I could not get $2 for them, because no one wants to raise chicks in the...

I was not aware that the APA had accepted Rhodebars as an official breed or that an SOP had been published for them. They aren't yet listed on the APA website, so that must be a recent event. As to "paying homage", you may if you want, others may chose not to. If you think that is not right...

Nice stock you have. You must be really upset at all the commercial hatcheries, because what they sell as RIR bears little resemblance to the SOP. Same with every breed, the "barred rocks" they sell are not even close to what a high-quality BR look like. They should call them "cuckoo rocks" or...

Since your birds came from me, I can give a little background for this strain. 2 generations back they originated from a single pair, my original pair are still with me, the roo is free-ranging on the farm and definitely the tamest one around. He eats out of my hand all the time, despite me...

Does anyone else have both Rhodebars and Bielefelders? They seem very similar to me. Some slight color and size variations. The BF's are not laying yet, I hope they lay as well as the Rhodebars. I am considering putting my spare BF roo over some RB hens to see of the resulting hybrids are...

I have some young RB hens with a CCL roo. I was planning to sell their eggs for eating, but if I hatched them, would they be sexable at hatch like both parents? I would not sell these as pure RB's of course, and I know they would lay green eggs, but not breed true for that. This would be a...

A friend pointed out that RB's are not listed in the breed section, so I added an entry and a review. Anyone else want to write their own review or add some pics? https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/rhodebar

The Rhodebar is the first one, on the left. My pullet has only been laying for a few months. It looks small compared to the EE egg on the far right, but that hen is several years old and lays light blue eggs that often hit 70 grams! The RB eggs are usually in the range or 53 - 56 grams. I...

My first 3 chicks hatched looking like pullets and I started to wonder if they were just not autosexing well. These 3 hatched Monday (ignore the orange New Hampshires): I would have been fine with only one male, LOL, but at least now I know they are all clearly autosexable, and the first 3...

This week 2 of 3 Rhodebar eggs hatched. One is much darker than its sibling, and darker than the one last week also. I don't see a headspot on any of them, hopefully that means they are both pullets, what do you think?

Use a Sharpie ? Sorry, I couldn't help it.

The pair was in a pen with other breeds when I bought them and I didn't pay much attention because I wasn't expecting her to start laying right away. Not complaining about that! I was not expecting to use the chicks from the first few weeks for breeding, but if she ends up looking good as an...

Very true. I decided to hatch the first weeks eggs (2) to test the hen's fertility. I hope this is a pullet, then whether she turns out to be pure RB or not, she'll still find a home in the laying flock. Next week's hatch should be more definitive. If she is a she, and a RB, she is lighter...

First chick from my pair of Rhodebars. At least from the hen, they were in a pen with other roosters and this egg was from the first week they were isolated. It looks like a RB pullet to me, but maybe I wishfully biased. In any case, it's a cute chick.

They are both very young, the hen just started laying about 3 weeks ago. She's been laying pretty well and I'm looking at these as a utility strain more than for show. I know that might not be a popular position on this thread, but I don't have the time or space to make improvements to the...