Recent content by Turkeytom25

Incidentally, take what Egg head Jr. said seriously. The yellow banded bird is less narrow towards the tail and he's probably right about the sun messing with the coloring. I guess I didn't consider that very much.

Whether or not the males cause problems with so few females is probably dependent on their temperment. With a large gentle breed like this though you should not have much trouble with males overmating the females. Of course with hatchery birds, you never know what temperment your males might...

If your goal is to work to SOP, I would consider getting some birds from a serious breeder of this variety. The birds you have now look like typical hatchery males with serious faults that would get them disqualified or lose points at shows ie pinched tails, and poor leg feathering to name two...

Try Carolina Rare chicks https://www.carolinararechicks.net/hatching-eggs they have great birds as I know from experience.

Absolutly! I hope you have great luck with them. It's great to see you're interested in showing and preserving one of the penciled pattern breeds. Partridge is my favorite color pattern by far and Wyandottes are a nice old American heritage breed.

I would say Craigslist or anything similar is your best option for finding already laying age birds.

Perhaps try looking on Craigslist. Orpingtons are one of the more popular chicken breeds and as we go in to spring/summer people will start selling started birds from there. Be cautious though as you never know what chicken disease you might get along with your new hens. That caution goes for...

See what you think about this site https://brinkhavenacres.com/ They have good partridge are located in Ohio and ship. I have no experience with them but they look reputable. Also try Wojtecki Wyandottes on facebook. Either of these places should be able to hook you up with some good birds. Not...

Try Dick Horstman. He is on the Pennslyvania/West Virginia border and has Silver Penciled Rocks possibly Heritage Barred as well. He ships chicks but not eggs anymore I think. If you Pm me I can give you contact info.

Nice to see someone working with the Silver Penciled. Not so common any more, and your birds look great. Nice silver base color penciling and looks like good size and type although that's hard to evaluate from pictures. I would be interested but they just aren't my breed. I hope you get lots of...

Thanks for the replies, this really clears things up.

Hi guys, This question is for the experienced breeders out their. I am beginning to start into breeding Plymouth rocks and I am confused about outcrossing. I have been reading up on related topics and I am confused because some people say to start into breeding with totally unrelated...

I think I will quit hurting my brain with these crosses and see just what potential my current genetics have. I guess priority objectives will be size and as always type followed by good tails and color.

I do not currently have access to any good Columbians. Which is why I was hoping something more common like a white rock might work.

I am trying to avoid any outcross that would introduce more of that Autosomal red into the SPPR. They already have enough trouble with that. A lot of my hens have a sort of smutty brown under color which is not great to look at. Preferably an outcross would not add to that problem but remove...