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I am not a professional... I don't think it is possible to be sure a rooster of any breed will be especially mean or especially friendly. Most of us experience very small sample size, so our personal experience is limited and anecdotal. Anyone can raise chicks. If you purchase New...

I have a breeding pen and two NH pullets (German), I wish you were closer, I'm sure we could work out a deal.

I haven't visited this thread in a while, but thought of it recently and was reminded again by e-mail notification today. I live in Maine, I have two NH pullets that I believe just started laying. I have no NH males. Is there anyone in New England who has New Hampshires (German line)...

I've got three New Hampshire chicks, one a month or so old, the other two just a week. Surely doesn't qualify as "exciting", but it's the only New Hampshire news I've got. . .

I'm still looking for hatching eggs. Have been offered some shipped chicks (I've declined for now), but still no hatching eggs.

I'm looking for some hatching eggs. Anybody selling (and shipping)?

Google maps says 1576 miles, 1 day 3 hours of driving time...sadly, a bit too much for me to take you up on the offer. (And, that's just one way.)

Quote: For a serious breeding program, how many roosters of each generation do you aim to produce? I understand that this is subjective and everyone's idea of "serious" will be a little different. I also understand that one can be serious by producing more boys over more generations. I...

There probably is a little something to what you say. New Hampshires were, I believe, originally bred for production, meat and eggs. Those original breeders probably weren't too concerned with tail angle and such. Showing and husbandry don't always involve the same goals.

I believe you can bring groceries over the border, at least in smallish quantities. No need for border patrol to know that the couple dozen eggs you have are hatching eggs instead of eating eggs.

Is there a practical reason for tail angle to be low or high? Just wondering if it is a trait requirement that was born in utility rather than pure aesthetics. Tim

Did you purchase them via an auction here or directly from Mr Horton?

These inquiries included phone calls made to a couple of breeders who don't have a big internet presence, it wasn't just whoever I could find at BYC or other online places. Regardless, I'm not so much interested in color conformity -- whether they have speckles in the hackles does not matter...

I've been casually following this thread. I have a couple of question which may well have been answered along the way. 1) How is this line for growth rate and size? In the past, many of my inquiries about New Hampshires have been answered with the disclaimer that "this line is on the small...

Quote: If you watch "Chicken of Tomorrow" you'll realize that "big bird" is all relative. The old New Hampshires in that show weren't big by today's standards. Big compared to . . . . ? To commercial broilers they are small, but the best that I can tell is that the NHs in the video is close...

Quote: If you watch "Chicken of Tomorrow" you'll realize that "big bird" is all relative. The old New Hampshires in that show weren't big by today's standards.