Are all the chook people over there aware of what is happening in Australia. I strongly suggest some of you go to BYP (Andy Vardi) and because it so amazing a click on heading has been provided. Start reading!!!!!!
still waiting for someone to tell me how to put photos up on the site., Can't be too hard there seem to be plenty of them on the site! Will put a photo of the rooster when I know how.
Thanks for that. Hens are not back laying yet, but as soon as they are I will be incubating some eggs. Am looking forward to seeing how the chickens will emerge. The last lot of eggs I hatched the chickens turned out to be 6 females and 13 males!! No wonder we try to make auto sexing breeds...
I think rc50 has the right idea. colour sexing light/dark chickens. The wobbly spot was on my chicks for the first few crosses but as I crossed more and more back to the new hampshire the dot disappeared. I am hoping I have crossed back enough times now to sex by colour.
I bought 2 plymouth rock hens and put my best newhampshire rooster with them. From that cross I got all sorts of coloured chickens. I kept for breeding any that were reddish in colour with light barring. so far after crossing back 3 times I have managed to get 2 correctly coloured roosters...
Hi,
Have been breeding new hampshires for many, many years and decided to try to do an autosexing line with them. (I breed them to sell as egg laying hens) I found a "recipe"on line and bred to that. I have 2 perfect roosters and 3 hens that I think are right. Now how do I pick the difference? I...
Hi,
Have been breeding new hampshires for many, many years and decided to try to do an autosexing line with them. (I breed them to sell as egg laying hens) I found a "recipe"on line and bred to that. I have 2 perfect roosters and 3 hens that I think are right. Now how do I pick the difference? I...
Hi, Could you possibly send to me the standard you have for the barred new hampshire (hampbar). I have now the most bautiful roosters, same as your picture and three hens that I think are correct and would like to get the breed recognised in Australia; also in bantam when I get the large...