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How does the chestnut color compare between the two at this age?

Thanks Jeff. I started trying to look it up and decided I was too tired, lol. Thanks for the information! ETA - wait, I thought the + signs meant it was lacking?? Sorry, I'm a novice at genetics

Thanks ALL for the replies. So Jeff, the partridge rock does carry mahogany? Take a look at this and tell me what you think. "I don not have any partridge rock but have some silver penciled, so I may very well be wrong on whether they carry Mahogany, but to my recollection they are more brown...

Can you elaborate on the reason/circumstance for the silver penciled/partridge cross? This kind of stuff is very interesting to me, thanks!

Bob, that's some good links, thanks. Some of them don't work though. I think BYC changes some of the after www to backyard chickens.com. You may have to just type out to the side what its supposed to be and we may have to just type that part into our browsers search field. Not the easiest thing...

I just posted this on another thread, but I was actually quite pleased with the ‘Rhode Island Red’ (of course they were actually production Cherry Eggers and not true RIR) I fist purchased many years ago from a feed store and they seemed to do well for many years, but hatcheries and feed stores...

Quote: Hard to say for sure. Are you sure of her breeding? Is it possible she could be a mix with a more flighty breed and have barred coloration? A lot of breeds, for example game fowl, and mixes are more likely to fly and roost in trees. Even harder to say since she is so young. A picture...

Hi Robert. I’m not sure if you were addressing me or not, but I’ll bite because I’m very interested in what you’re saying here. The picture here was a post by Speckledhen and I replied to it. I was throwing some ideas I had out there to get feedback on. I was under the impression that occasional...

Ok thanks, I’ll look you up! Very good points, I think along the same lines. For sixteen years I’ve bred my own hybrid mutts, some lines very good layers and others good broodies and everything I wanted them to be and I can’t imagine not having something like that in the works, but I’m...

Very understandable, thanks. That’s what I was thinking. In fact, I thought, line breeding and inbreeding was a good way to get those bad traits to show up for dinner err culling! Breed a lot, eat a lot, lol.

Beautiful story, beautiful birds and looks and sounds like beautiful land too!

No, I'm not surprised that many of you are working toward the utility traits as well, I'm just thinking about a possible different approach. Some maintain lines of fowl for crossing and of course the offspring didn't breed true for all traits and the benefits were hybrid vigor, but the point was...

Thank You for the welcome! Forgive me, I'm not good with everyone's names and I'm not sure of the most efficient way to 'reply' with posting etc, yet, but I just read another post from 'Yard Full of Rocks' and I'm going to reply to it, but address your post also. Thanks!

Thanks for the welcome. Yes, like I said in my introduction, I know a lil bit about chickens lol. Your line is getting the benefits of the outsourced new blood it received. I definitely would have a constant eye out for any close to SOP little fowl that jumped out of the egg under Mom and of...

Yes, I’m quite thorough, hehe. That’s great about your line and a very nice one BTW! I have been taking some mental notes about different lines in reading through the thread and noticed that not many were broody and others had reached the stage of fertility issues etc. You would be a great...

Hi all. It’s time for me to introduce myself as I will surely be looking for advice, bouncing some ideas around and most probably acquiring stock! I just finished this entire thread as well as the Plymouth Rock Breeders thread. It’s been interesting, informative and rather amusing as of late...