Here is a link to Lyle Behl's website. It has a photo of chicks and adult Auburn Javas, along with their story.
http://www.behlfarm.com/blogengine.net/page/Auburn-Java-Chickens.aspx
None of the chicks pictured look like the second one pictured.
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Ya this what Lyle and others have been breeding for and it is starting to pay off. I don't think I ended up hatching any of the all black. Although that would of been fine. I will take pics as they grow and show everyone what these look like. I received 18 AJ eggs and only two were...
http://poultrybookstore.blogspot.com/2010/06/auburn-javas.html
Here is a link to Christine Heinrich's blog with a link to a short story and video about the Auburn Javas. There are some people that are trying to find the Auburn genes that the Java once expressed. This is not being done by...
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The first forum choice is Frequently Asked Questions
You'll find your answer..........and lots more helpful stuff!!
and to the Java Thread!!!
"Have you the SOP ?
I am no expert except will be with my own, but your bird's type looks OK< however he is young, correct ?
He also has mot=re than 5 points on his comb, and some say that is wrong...I dunno..."
Chickielady, I am waiting on the new 2010 SOP but I do have the Java Standard from...
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I have been talking to Lyle for the last couple months and am going to get some eggs from him. I think it's great that the Auburn gene was brought back out on these great birds. I know it going take some work but to get them where they should be. I have a question for ya. Breeding the...
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I, also, have "Auburn" Javas that I am working on. I got mine from Tamara (BYCer chickenlover54) last May. They are from Garfield Farm Museum's Black Javas (originally from Duane Urch) that showed the red gene as chicks. (For many years these chicks would have been culled for improper...
nico d, I posted a pic of an Auburn Jave cockerel with some Freedom Rangers that I had processed in Oct in the "Meat Bird Etc" forum here on BYC (I don't know how to link threads or I would do that). I don't want to post it here because some people on BYC don't want to see dressed birds in most...
Yes javachick, It's a common term here for the last few days before the hatch day when the humidity is raised, eggs are taken out of the turners and the major nail-chewing begins!!
javachick, and to the Java Thread!! I look forward to your posts about the re-establishment of your Javas. I got my first Auburn Javas, from BYCer, chickenlover 54 (Tamara) from Garfield Farm stock, in May of this year. They quickly won me over with their calm, intelligent manner. One...
Tamara asked to see pics of the Auburn Javas I got from her on Memorial Day weekend, so here are a few I took today!
I got six Javas and ended up with three boys and three girls (also two Columbian Wyandottes, both girls).
The first is of the younger two cockerels.
This is the older...