Campine Chicken thread?

[Drieslag]

I also heard that down the line you might get silver Campines with yellowy necks. So the pure white is ruined a couple of generations later.
I saw a schedule on this somewhere, will try to find it again.

Remember that the original Campine is the Silver Campine.

Below you can see the schedule how the English type (= henfeathered) Golden Campine Cockerel was created around 1910.
More info on this you can find on page 59 of F. L. Platt's 'The Campines, Silver and Golden' (1914), see https://archive.org/details/cu31924003118621.




Ps: history never dies

 

[Noobiechickluv]

I got a breeding pair of silver campines. My hen just started laying. So far, 3 itty bitty eggs. Everything I have read says they lay white eggs. Mine lays sorta pink/tan ones. Is it possible she's not a campine? Below is a pic of her egg next to an orpington egg, a pic of her, and a pic of my roo

 

[Canieldonrad]

Had the pleasure of meeting Wisher this weekend. Stumbled upon and began lurking as another member was helping to teach her how to breed her Campines successfully. It was very interesting to hear his input as it was basically what my father taught me when I was younger. It was an informative session and gave her a lot of tools to learn about her birds as she goes. BEST OF LUCK and look forward to seeing the fruits of labor in years to come. Maybe try to meet Chris McCary one of these days. He can likely give you some assistance as well!

 

[Drieslag]

I got a breeding pair of silver campines. My hen just started laying. So far, 3 itty bitty eggs. Everything I have read says they lay white eggs. Mine lays sorta pink/tan ones. Is it possible she's not a campine?

They once sent me a box of Campine hatching eggs and one of them was brownish. I discarded that one as they should be white.
Your hen looks 99,9% Campine allright, but you can never know what got mixed in generations ago.

 

[buttrampoultry]

tinted eggs are normal. The genetic diversity is so limited you need to focus more on type and breed character than egg shell color. As a breeders of golden campines I thave experienced tinted eggs and have noticed some of the best typed females will lay such an egg. Take you birds, hatch lots, and select for the traits that need the most improvement. Then work your way to egg size, color and shape. Without the correct body structure you will never improve on egg quality.
Good Luck

 

[lawatt]

took a photo of one of my two 14-week-old silver cockerels, hatched from eggs from @debs_flock -- he's quite a cute one!

his brother has a slightly smaller comb still; their sister's isn't red yet at all, and she's very small -- was the weakling when they first hatched.

 

[chickenpooplady]

Here is my pretty boy King checking out the new coop.

 

[Nickeyo]

He's very nice and so is the coop

 

[Wisher1000]

Whenever you get tired of King, you can just ship him on back to me......

 

[chickenpooplady]

He's very nice and so is the coop

Thanks!

Whenever you get tired of King, you can just ship him on back to me......

Sorry, I don't think I will get tired of him. He doesn't crow that much and he is so good to his girls. He doesn't even mind me. Although... he does not like dogs very much. The other day when they were out free-ranging, the neighbor's dog came over. King herded his flock into a bush and then ran across the yard and attacked the dog. The dog was not hurt or anything but it sure was funny to see.