Blu, The NHR are more of a glowing orange where the Light strain are more of a peachy blonde, but I get your drift. I'm so curious to see how these birds turn out! :D
Aina, Those are beautiful! I can't wait til my biddies look like that!
Well, It can't be any worse than the surprisingly feather legged "Pure German Strain NHR". Half of these have feathered shanks. Auto cull pile. Payed a lot for these too.
Alright, Picture time!!
Light line chicks
This pic is pretty accurate as to their real life color...
Biggest Light Line next to my smallest Lay Line birds
4 of my Lay Gang
Bigger, wider Lay egg next to smaller, narrower Light egg. I wonder if these "Light Line" were pullet eggs?
Alright, I ended up with 7 Lay chicks and 4 of the mix line (currently nicknamed "the lighter line"). The Lay babies certainly seem to be a bigger and more enthusiastic bunch than the others are. I'm very happy I ended up with way more Lay birds, everything I've heard about them makes me...
Thanks so much for the info Banded the different line as soon as they got out of the bator, so I'll make sure to prevent future confusion. It'll be interesting to see if the birds carry different characteristics as they grow. Loving these buckeyes so far, they're very curious and friendly...
Buckeyes hatching all over the place! I have 4 out from Mr. Lay and 2 out from another line. The Lay biddies seem so much darker than the other line, I don't think I'll be needing to band them to be telling the difference. Which is better, darker or lighter chicks? Will post pictures when I can...
Thank you so much for the extremely helpful link!! Your birds and your daughter are beautiful, and I'm very grateful for the information! Can't wait to start raising these birds, so pumped for the fall/winter show season!
Poltroon, Will definitely do! But, I need to grab a cup of coffee and...
Hello Everyone,
I have 24 buckeyes in the incubator (half directly from Mr. Lay), and I'm overwhelmed with interest in this breed. Me and a few other members of my 4H club have rounded up enough interest to launch our own project, and I'm currently helping everyone get settled...