The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

Mrs. Metcalf set out to create a large red fowl. She began by first crossing a Buff Cochin male to Barred Plymouth Rock females. She then crossed the half Cochin pullets with a Black Breasted Red Game male she acquired the next year, probably of Oriental ancestry and genetically Wheaten or dark Wheaten in color. She took the red offspring of this mating to create the breed.

Here are some questions that come to mind when I see the history of the Buckeye.
Buff Cochin - Was it a "Yellow" Royal Cochin Chinas (a non-feather footed breed) or the "Yellow" Shanghai fowl (the breed we Cochin today)
Black Breasted Red Game male - What breed was it? There was a lot of breeds of Game that sported/ sports the Black Breasted Red pattern
Dark Wheaten - Could this be Red Columbian? That would explain how the Buckeye came to have the Columbian Pattern.

Now this is just my thoughts on this.
I believe that the some of the old Pea Combed Red (R.I. Reds) may have made its way to Ohio or at least a "Type" of the old Pea Combed Red like a F1 or F2 and that is what there calling the "Dark Wheaten" of Oriental ancestry.
Now if so that could explain the Buff Cochin (could then be "Yellow" Royal Cochin Chinas), Black Breasted Red Game (Red Malay) and the Dark Wheaten even a Wheaten (old Pea Combed Red).

This is just my thoughts, and I don't mean to step on any of the Buckeye breeders tows, I am just trying to make seance out of the Buckeye background.


Chris​