The Rhodebar thread!

[melroseladi]

My first rhodebar eggs hatched today and got a pair. pretty cool!

Congrats, and thank you so much for the pic. It really helps. They are beautiful.

 

[Twisted-Rooster]

My first rhodebar eggs hatched today and got a pair. pretty cool!

Looking good!!

Papa Brooder, How many hatched?? My Rhodebar @RIR eggs go into lock down on Sat....

 

[Papa Brooder]

Quote: I just had two eggs in there and they both hatched. I think there are 5 in next weeks hatch. I only have one laying and she has been laying now for 5 weeks, I'm waiting for the others to start!

 

[nicalandia]

I just had two eggs in there and they both hatched. I think there are 5 in next weeks hatch. I only have one laying and she has been laying now for 5 weeks, I'm waiting for the others to start!

Awesome, keep us posted on their growth and chick pics...

 

[CarolJ]

My second Rhodebar started laying . . . another green egg. These are my only two Rhodebars - both bought as chicks directly from Greenfire - and they both lay green/olive eggs. Can't wait for the eggs in the bator to hatch.

 

[jeremy]

My second Rhodebar started laying . . . another green egg. These are my only two Rhodebars - both bought as chicks directly from Greenfire - and they both lay green/olive eggs. Can't wait for the eggs in the bator to hatch.

Seems like there had to have been some crossbreeding somewhere...

If you're happy though, that's what counts. A green egg laying autosexing bird doesn't sound too terrible either.

That actually makes me think of a breed I read about not too long ago They were a Welsummer X Legbar I think, whoever did the crossing eventually bred them to be auto sexing and the hens lay a lovely olive green egg.

Maybe you could take on a similar project, crossing your green egg laying Rhodebars to a Welsummer and then breed again until you have the autosexing trait locked in. You could create an entirely new "breed" here in the States!

ETA: This is the website I was referring to above that created the olive egg laying autosexing chicken, http://www.welshwoolnwings.co.uk/page6.htm

They call them Weirgloddau Hens, a cool idea, maybe just come up with a more catchy name?

 

[jeremy]

The Poultry Club of Great Britain[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT]Breed Standard for the Rhodebar​

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS :
MALE:
Carriage: Upright and graceful.

Type: Body large, fairly deep, broad and long. Back broad, long and somewhat horizontal in outline. Breast broad, full and well rounded. Wings carried well up, the bows and tips covered by breast feathers and saddle hackle. Tail rather small, rising slightly from the saddle, the sickle of medium length, well spread and nicely curved, the coverts being sufficiently
abundant to cover the stiff feathers.
Head: Strong, but not thick. Beak moderately curved, short and stout. Eyes large and bright. Comb single, medium size, straight, upright, well set on, with well-defined serrations, and free from side sprigs. Face smooth. Ear-lobes of fine texture, well developed and pendant. Wattles to correspond with size of comb and moderately rounded.
Neck: Of medium length and profusely covered with feathers flowing over the shoulders, but not too loosely carried.

Legs and feet: Legs wide apart and of medium length, stout and strong and free from feathers. Thighs large with well rounded shanks of medium length. Toes four, strong, straight and well spread.

Plumage: Of silky texture, free from coarse or excessive feather.

Handling : Firm with abundance of muscle.

FEMALE
The general characteristics are similar to those of the male, allowing for the natural sexual differences.

COLOUR
Plumage, Male: Hackle deep red-gold barred, with centres black and grey-white barred, the black centre portions rather longer than the grey-white; the front of the cape showing less black, the feathers towards the tips of the cape lying on the back showing wider black and grey-white barring. Wing primaries, lower web red-gold, faintly barred, upper grey and white barred, slightly gold tinted; secondaries, the whole alternately black, white and gold barred, lower web showing more gold; flight coverts very bright red-gold and white barred, tips red-gold. Wing bows very brilliant chestnut red and gold barred. Tail, including sickles, uniform black and white barring from tip to base, including the shaft. Tips black. Saddle hackle deed red-gold and grey-white and narrower black barring towards the tips. Back and saddle deep red-gold barred, with occasional black bars towards the end of the feathers. Undercolour light creamy buff. Breast uniformly barred, deep red-gold and creamy white and black.

Plumage, Female : Hackle deep buff red with bright chestnut edges, each feather with deep buff, gold, black and white narrow barring, the barring becoming narrower as it approaches the lower cape feathers. Tail feathers black with reddish tinge. Wing primaries, upper web red-buff, lower black; secondaries buff-red. Remainder, general surface dark buff-red barred with buff and buff-red, the tips of the feathers of the lighter colour. Undercolour creamy buff-red, as deep as possible. Quills yellow.
In both sexes: Beak red-horn or yellow. Eyes orange or red, pupils clearly defined. Comb, face, ear lobes and wattles bright red. Legs and feet bright yellow.

Standard Weights :
Cock: 8½lb (minimum); Cockerel 8lb .
Hen: 6½lb (minimum); Pullet 5½lb

SCALE OF POINTS
Type 30
Colour 20
Legs 10
Condition 15
Head 20
Weight 5
100 Points

Serious Defects : Male's comb twisted or falling over. Ear-lobes other than red. Legs other than yellow, orange or light willow. Squirrel or wry tail. Side sprigs on the comb. Eye pupils other than round and clearly defined. Crooked breast or any bodily deformity.
Via, http://www.harislau.info/rhodebar

 

[Twisted-Rooster]

Two eggs hatched of my Rhodebar @ RIR project..........here's the pic's.........What you think?

Chick number 1 is lighter then the second chick

 

[nicalandia]

Two eggs hatched of my Rhodebar @ RIR project..........here's the pic's.........What you think?

Chick number 1 is lighter then the second chick

They are still wheaten based, the worst autosexing chick allele you could think of... but use legbands or whatever to keep track of them, the lighter one "could" be a Male(homozygous barring) but could also be lots of other things..... do that and let us know ok, thanks

 

[nicalandia]

good find here guys... read on the chick down pattern and you will se that these Redbars(Red Barred birds) are also based on e+
https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/41519