Kraienkoeppe Thread!

[bigb-71]

 

[bigb-71]

ok so the one on the left is my better hen but her leg color is light the one on the right great leg color but bright white ears so far i have gotten about 50% bright yellow legs and out of those about 25% with out white ears but now we are back to ground zero because i lost my cock last week so looking for a new one witch is very hard so i am ordering some more from ideal and i hope i get at least one nice cockerel .

 

[DTchickens]

Never mind, post deleted. I believe I figured it out.

 

[DTchickens]

Would one of you who got birds from Ideal please post some pictures of your birds. I would like to see what mine are going to look like.

Thanks Mark

Mcrooke, these are not my birds. Just ones I recall to memory, of the Silvers at Ideal. If I remember correctly, in my conversations speaking with George McLaughlin the silvers were some of the better typed fowl. The first picture below is a hen of his I believe came from Ideal (hopefully he doesn't mind me showing, you can find it with a google search). The other bird I believe was right here on this forum, also from Ideal.



All-American-Chick's pullet (also found with Google).



God bless,
Daniel.

 

[mcrooke45]

Thanks for the pictures. I ordered all silver kraienkoppe from Ideal and it looks like they sent me 3 bbr with my silvers.

Thanks Mark

 

[seabass327]

Thanks for the info Rich, question, are your BBred chicks as dark as some of mine? As I mentioned, one is dark, I thought he was a black chick when I first saw him he is so dark, he is mainly seen from his back in the photo though. By the wing feathers, he is turning the same color as they all are, but was just curious. The most of the chicks are a darker coloration than I am familiar with in most BBred chicks.

God bless,
Daniel.

My bbred chicks were about the same, maybe lighter. The darker one may be an outlier, it will be interesting to see if when the baby feathers start coming through if the color approaches the other chicks more.

I checked out the three cockerels and one rooster I still have this morning and they all have some red down the sides of the legs.

Those last pictures of the silver hens look just like mine. Of the three I still have from this year one has nice red earlobes, and the other two have some white. We'll see if I can get some pics of my birds this weekend.

Rich

 

[DTchickens]

Rich, thanks for the information. Would love to see some of your birds. Mcrooke, nice looking little birds. Your BBred looks a lot like the majority of my fowl. So far, the two silvers you displayed look like pullets.

Pullets will have colored breasts be they light tan/salmon, grayish feathers overall with a silver hackle/black striping. Cockerels should mature out darker, black breast (though some may have white spotting), black tail/thighs, silvery hackle/back/saddle (though hackle may have some black striping). Generally the same with the BBred fowl as well, they will just be red in place of silver, last I got a good look I believe a saw a couple that already displayed the male BBred pattern coming in on their backs.

God bless,
Daniel.

 

[mcrooke45]

I think all my bbr are cockerels

 

[bigb-71]

I think all my bbr are cockerels

Let me know if you would like to sale them ? thank you .

 

[DTchickens]

Normally pictures are not easy to get due to them being in the brooder, but today I learned: They can fly now! I usually leave the door open on the brooder as I go fill the feeder or water given that it doesn't take much time. Today as I went to get feed, on my way back to the brooder I here a chick chirping loudly as if it were looking for either its mother or the rest of the flock and figured "one must have discovered how to fly out". I finally make it back to the barn where the brooder is, and sure enough, there the little chick is just standing on the ground looking at me until I walked closer causing it to run behind the brooder.

While I had it out though, figured I'd snap a few photos.



God bless,
Daniel.