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  1. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    Hate to hear that. Sounds like my luck. I got some rare chickens this year and was down to four, 1 cock and three pullets. The cock had injured his leg so I had him in a separate cage till he was good to go, but Mr. Racoon came and knocked it over and got him. So I have three pullets and no...
  2. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    Crossed a Cuckoo cock to two blue hens and one black hen. Lost my only Cuckoo hen at the time and didn't want to loose a breeding season. Got a few light blue cuckoo and some others. Took the best cock and two hens and crossed them this year. Got several almost white splash (one or two colored...
  3. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    Hi Loopeend, you might want to check out the Dutch Chicken Club https://www.nederlandsehoenderclub.eu/ or the B.K.U. Club http://bkuclub.nl/
  4. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    I was figuring it might have came from the Greenfire line since I had one that laid cream colored eggs. Figured it was hidden in there somewhere. Didn't think if was from the cuckoo line since all the eggs I have gotten were white from them. But that is genetics for ya, always a surprise ever so...
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    Breda Fowl thread

    OK, here is a new one for me. The photo is of Breda eggs except the one to the left with an "A" which is an Andalusian. The one brown one is from a hen that was hatched from the same parents as the eggs from the top and right. Bottom egg is from a pen of all black Breda for comparison. All of my...
  6. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    A whole month and no posting. Happy Holidays everyone. May your Breda grow strong and lay lots of eggs.
  7. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    The cross was with a Cuckoo breda. My cuckoo are quite a bit larger than my BBS. According to the Dutch standard mine can use a bit of extra weight and size. As a side note, I do have a project planned to cross to an outside breed to help beef up the gene pool. It will take several years to...
  8. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    Ended up with three males from my cross with a cuckoo over BBS. Biggest of the three will go over hens next spring to increase size of my BBS. Take a couple of breeding to get the proper blue lacing back, but a needed dose of new blood (genes plus about a six inch height in size) to improve the...
  9. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    One of this years late hatches. Has a bit of blue tint. Might end up being a blue cuckoo. Time will tell.
  10. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    So how is everyone hatches going this year? I've hatched about 75 so far this year. Plan on doing a lot of hard culling. Trying to weed out imperfections in my BBS.
  11. critterbug

    Blue Andalusian thread!

    Looks like Blue Andalusian splashes to me.
  12. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    Nice looking group of Black breda.
  13. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    I would like to put together a list of breeders in the US who sell chicks or eggs in hopes of promoting the breed. You can reply here or PM me with your info.
  14. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    Cuckoo. I have a few BBS hatching in a couple of weeks
  15. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    Hatching season is now in progress. One of this year's first Breda hatchlings.
  16. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    This will be my first year with Cuckoo breda. Eggs are medium sized white on the Cuckoo. My Cuckoo cock is quite a bit taller than any of my BBS. My cuckoo hen's size is about the same as all my others. Of course they are both still young, so size may increase over the summer.
  17. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    Well, I finally cranked up the incubator and loaded my first set of Breda Cuckoo eggs. Still waiting a few weeks before adding and BBS. I switched up breeders with a different male cock on the BBS. Hoping to get rid of some of those bad traits.
  18. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    Had Breda since 2013. Still have some of my original birds. They all started out as BBS, but three hens became molteds after a couple of years of age. Should be cranking up the incubator soon. :)
  19. critterbug

    Breda Fowl thread

    So how many plan on hatching a bunch of breda this spring? I didn't hatch any last year. This year every egg to the incubator. Only problem is most of my males are yucky. :( To much red in the lobe.
  20. critterbug

    Illinois...

    Does anyone in this group of Illinois chicken folks have a membership to the University of Chicago Library? If so, please message me as I have a request? Doing some research, but I don't want to have to make a road trip to Chicago.
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