Yea , I have found that the upright carriage carries through fairly well . My base flock is 1/2 saipan 3/8 dark cornish and an 1/8 California grey(barred leghorn) the black has carried through fairly strong but the red from the saipans keeps getting wiped out , maybe due to silver in leghorns?
Won't start breeding anything till next year. all the old timers and show breeders say to wait till almost two if not longer to breed. It's hard to cull orientals due to the fact that a fast growing bird maybe the biggest for six months yet at one year old it may be different . I am also...
Thanks , I am located in East Tn , got these girls from Ideal. Ordered 20 Pullets ,kept six even though maybe 3 are really nice with one bigger than the rest. I will be ordering 50 straight run next year to select a cock bird from and maybe another hen or two. I think hatcheries use pullet eggs...
What I am asking is can I eventually get to the typical brown red game coloring after segregating the barred chicks out? What My goal is : have a true breeding brown/red that I will re-introduce the barring gene and should get sexable chick down if I work on leg color as well .