Just so happened, I sold all my hatchery birds and stumbled across this pair....they are from the same line as the breeder I was going to purchase from....these birds were hatched in January, and I don't believe you can get more Dutch type than this pair..the cockerel has one tiny point too...
well jean, I am looking for a nice pair of light brown show quality Dutch ! With superior Dutch type and color.loose feathers, perfect combs, bright white earlobes, short backs and legs, everything else in between. I guess I jumped into Dutch without doing any research first....so now I have...
It's mission impossible to find a quality breeder in the US....I've been trying for months. Either they don't have birds anymore, or they snub you with no response
yeah these birds are from Ideal... They were all supposed to be BLB. I have a splash cockerel that looks similar to yours, but now I came to the realization that they sent me 3 blacktail buff or buff Columbian whatevers . 2 identical brothers and a blue tail female....it's frustrating to get the...
Plus, that's how people create new fresh bloodlines, by crossing with another for their color or certain traits, and breeding back to the original.....for example, I own Dutch bantams that have been crossed at some point with OEG, but I bought them as PUREBRED Dutch bantams from ideal poultry...
isn't that most likely how they were created? Surely from breeding smallest of the small over generations works, but Dorking traits are dominant, you can't tell me they weren't crossed with a bantam at some point
I've got a question. I have some SG Dorking hens that I gave my buddy because I had extra. Low and behold, this spring something got in my coop and killed every Dorking I owned. My question is: could I breed a SG standard hen to a silver duckwing old English bantam cock? And ultimately through a...