New Hampshire Reds Question - Page 8

Just me, wiping the drool off my chin again.
Beautiful Kathy, just beautiful!

The poor guy is in the rooster pen, with no girls.....  My NH girls are penned next to him, with my largest BR cockerel, for my project. It is almost sad watching the New Hampshire boy calling his girls through the fence.  As soon as I get enough eggs hatched for the project I will pen the New Hampshires back together and hatch their eggs.

What does BR stand for?

Barred Rock

of course.    LOL

Makin' Dels Kathy?

I'm curious to see what the F1 generation looks like.  Delawares are almost all white.  It's odd to think that a barred rock x nh will produce a nearly all white chicken.


When breeding chickens, is there a set pattern in terms of a particular rooster color over hen color?  In other words, will a Barred Rock Roo over a NH hen = a NH roo over a barred rock hen?  Will the offspring results be the same?

F1's out of a Barred Rock (Barred breed in general) Rooster and a New Hampshire Hen will be all Barred with some Gold (red) leaking in the hackles, saddle, and perhaps the wing bow.

F1's out of a New Hampshire Rooster over a Barred Rock (Barred breed in general) Hen will be Sex-linked with Males being Barred and Females being Black with some Gold (Red) leaking in the breast.

Chris

Delawares are the result of a sport; they are not something you can recreate by breeding the right breeds, you would have to get very lucky to produce the same sport.

Nice to revive this thread!  I looked for New Hampshires a few months ago, maybe a year now.  Most of the people I spoke with said that they were breeding for color rather than production (meat or eggs).  Like you, I am looking for a true dual purpose bird with emphasis on meat qualities.  I would caution you to make sure and ask about size and growth traits rather than buying chicks/eggs from birds that look beautiful.