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  1. greathorse

    Silver laced Wyandotte

    It is entirely your choice but if u want birds that even vaguely represent the Wyandotte breed I would not use him. You will likely get some nice colorful birds, but it would be a stretch to refer to them as Wyandotte. He is far from representative of the type and lacing. He is pretty I give u that
  2. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    That is what I call a flat back. Looks like a table top. Very nice
  3. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    Thanks for the kind words Jimmy. I was not able too make a lot of progress with my Mohawks. When things fell apart a bit for me (I lost my job my wife left me and my dog died all in the course of about two weeks, I still miss the dog by the way, I gave some birds to two different folks and...
  4. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    I am very happy that this RIR thread is still alive. I have been out of the loop for a long time. Jimmy I am not sure if ur Mohawks are still from the ones I sent you or not. I think they were from my second year after I got my start from Greg Chamness. I still have a few but did not hatch...
  5. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    I have been lurking for a while, too darn busy to get very involved in the last while. That Male in the middle photo is about as good a bird as I have seen for a while. He does look a lot like the bird that Greg used several years ago. He may be even a little straighter in the back, and for...
  6. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    I agree with Bob, egg production is important but we need to continue to preserve the breed in general. We then make certain that we get as close to the standard of perfection as possible and then as we get some numbers we can begin to select for egg production. I believe egg production is an...
  7. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    Happy to see the chicks have nice dark horn colored beaks. You should get great color. Keep breeding for flat backs. I seem to get nice flat backs on many of the males, but keep working on the backs on the females. I don't understand why the difference in the sex. Good luck with this next...
  8. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    I believe I may have posted this earlier, but this year I have access to spent grain from a very small brewery in my little town here in Colorado. I give my birds a splash of that every evening in addition to free choice 16% layer feed from a local mill. I assume there is little actual feed...
  9. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    You are correct Bob, Paul AKA Greathorse. I raise some Belgian horse hence GH
  10. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    If you are looking for chicks it is not really necessary to be close to the breeder. Chicks ship very well I have shipped to nearly every corner of this country from Colorado with only one bad incident and that is when the birds were lost. It could have happened just as easily if I were close...
  11. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    No not thinking you were badmouthing at all. These birds are what they are. I don't deem myself to have been breeding them long enough to make them mine to begin with. When mine started laying they did start with a vengeance so thinking you still have hope. I get frustrated when I hear of...
  12. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    There are all manner of trap nests. But the long and short of it is that you design a nest that traps the hen in the nest so that when she goes in to lay she cannot get out until she is let out by someone. In that case you can record which hen laid the egg and let her out to go on about her...
  13. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    My Mowhawks took a long time to get going. I put lights on them last sept. and they really did not start until about Feb. Right now I am getting about 9 eggs a day form 15 hens. I can say they lay much better than the silver laced Wyandottes from one of the best breeders in the country. It...
  14. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    Hens look real good. I am glad you are happy with them. I have a young rooster in my breeding pen with the best keel bone I have raised. I wish he had a bit longer back, but he is pretty awesome. His comb got a bit nipped this winter, but aside from that wish I could get him shown. Got...
  15. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    Yep I get that they can be on there while laying, but given my circumstance that broody is often on there for 12-14 hours before I get to the eggs. I think they may have started and then quit. Fertility on breakfast eggs is very good, but I sure get more than my fair share of quitters. I have...
  16. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    Before I found my Mohawk line of RIR I got some very nice birds from Dick. I like the Mohawks a little better so am sticking with them. Dick is not prolific in terms of responding to every query, but I found him prompt when he ultimately had the birds/eggs to ship. He knows his birds...
  17. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    Just saw a nice Cockeral from the chicks I shipped to Chris, looks real nice. I have a real nice one this year, pretty proud of him. I will try to get my girlfreind out to post a picture so you can pick him apart for me. I hope he does good for me. My females finally started laying, thought...
  18. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    Bob, that is a nice bird. I have one that looks a bit like him, but needs more keel. He does have a nice flat back like that. I finally got a picture of him and will get it loaded up as soon as I figure out how to do that. I would love your and other's opinion on the bird.
  19. greathorse

    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    I just hatched about 30 of the Mohawks myself, sending most of them to Tennessee. Hope to have about 40 more hatch in a week. A little frustrated with several people asking for chicks and not getting back to me when I indicated that I had them ready. Not sure what to think about those that...
  20. greathorse

    Gr8horse

    I have Mohawk strain Rhode Island Red Chicks for sale. Check the Rhode Island Red Thread to read more about this desired strain. They will be straight run $8.00 each and will ship a minimum of 12 chicks, plus 30 dollars shipping.. Check the HBPAA site to see some of my breeding stock. They...
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