Afraid to ask on my EE and SLW

[aoxa]

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Dunno about that...My laced birds were well laced by that age....here are a couple shots of my birds way younger than yours...they are BLRW, and even at 6 weeks, their lacing is far better developed than the bird in your pictures.

You can already see the lacing beginning to show in these pictures

http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww348/kari_dawn/P1000079.jpg
http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww348/kari_dawn/P1000067.jpg

Here are birds about the same age as yours

http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww348/kari_dawn/bluelacedredwyandotte2.jpg
http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww348/kari_dawn/bluelacedredwyandottesplash1.jpg

This is the same two birds a couple of months ago

http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww348/kari_dawn/The girls/P1000217.jpg
http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww348/kari_dawn/The girls/P1000215.jpg

These are all hatchery birds. I would expect a 5th gen from a breeder to be superior quality in every way...especially lacing

Wow your BLR are so beautiful!

 

[aoxa]

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Maybe another roo jumped in the breeding pen and messed up that baby.. Or she has really poor quality SLW.

I've seen hatchery SLW that were better laced.

 

[kari_dawn]

Then again, the two SLW I got from a hatchery both had very poor lacing when their feathering started coming in (sorry I don't have pictures), but they BOTH turned out to be roosters

 

[BlazeJester]

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Unfortunately not everyone who puts hens and roosters together is breeding toward the standard. Breeding subpar hatchery birds together just further deteriorates the quality of the stock, no matter how many generations they've been "breeding" the birds.

I've found that a lot of people call their hatchery birds "pure" and are 100% convinced their birds are EXACTLY what the hatchery lists in the catalog/website listing. There are A LOT of people out there who put male and female animals together and don't understand the first thing about breeding.

 

[kari_dawn]

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Thanks! I am super pleased with them for hatchery birds!

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That is very true...

 

[aoxa]

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Thanks! I am super pleased with them for hatchery birds!

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That is very true...

I am very shocked to hear they are hatchery! Wow.. Now those are some nice birds

Must have been a fluke

 

[kari_dawn]

I think its because it was the first season for them to carry this breed...They haven't had time to make them worse yet!

 

[Cynthia12]

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Wow! That's 10 weeks? I wonder if I got taken here, or if because it's from a breeder it is taking longer to mature? Heres' more pics.

I have two boys here don't I?

This last pic. isn't real good but..

 

[Cynthia12]

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Ok, will get a girl or two from yours then, and they will be beautiful!

 

[aoxa]

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Wow! That's 10 weeks? I wonder if I got taken here, or if because it's from a breeder it is taking longer to mature? Heres' more pics.
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd463/CynthiaWor/024.jpg
I have two boys here don't I? http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd463/CynthiaWor/014-1.jpg
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd463/CynthiaWor/026.jpg
This last pic. isn't real good but.. http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd463/CynthiaWor/021.jpg

Mine was from a breeder as well. She was scary looking at 8 weeks.

I say, no matter what that is, it is a roo.

I can't tell you if you were taken advantage of, or if this person really didn't know what they were doing. Even a SLW roo would have better lacing than this.

Here is a hatchery cockerel. They have different patterns to their feathers than the girls do, but it usually whiter (if I am not mistaken), not darker.

This is not my bird. FYI. I did not buy a mate for my SLW. You can not get them from hatcheries in Canada. I have yet to see a poor one IRL.