Any ABA Judges Out There? I need showing opinions on these BB Reds.

[Black Feather]

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*LOL* Ok, now you're just being too nice!

How are your birds doing btw?

 

[Msbear]

Hey Shannon, we're getting ready for show time. One this Sat and one in two weeks in VA. Im really excited about two pullets in particular. I'll let you know how they do.

Here's a few of this year's girls. They're difficult to photograph

and this years cockerel. He is from an outcross to a hen from Rick. We wound up with a more delicate head, a better angled comb with less "mountains and valleys" but lost a bit on the tail. But, he is only 5 or 6 months old.

I wanted to tell you also... I found some wheaten rc's in Arizona. R. Gossman is going to sell me some eggs. I am just pumped. She has blue wheatens as well so I'll keep my fingers crossed for a good hatch.

I purchased some wheaten oegb to cross with mine but, was very excted I didn't have to go there when I found her.

 

[Black Feather]

No no....those are his 'baby' roo tail feathers. When he looses them he will grow a fantastic tail! Just make sure the feathers don't get damaged as they grow in and you'll be really impressed with the result.

 

[Msbear]

Thanks!! see how useful you are

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

So.................OP have all your questions been answered?

Steve in NC

 

[MAllen]

Yes, I think all of my questions have been addressed, thanks to everyone who posted, your comments are much appreciated.

Some of you made me do a lot of thinking & I believe I've come up with a plan. Given my affection for the American game breeds that I grew up with here in Oklahoma I believe I will stick with the BB Red OEG bantams and do as many of you said, purchase a pair or two of quality birds and go from there while keeping this Rosecomb project on the side for fun and see what pans out.

To that end I've placed a big on the eggbid site for a breeding pair of BB Red OEGB's out of the Barnes bloodline. The add does not have photos of the actual birds but there are others there from this same bloodline. Also the seller has a website, http://www.cockadoodlecoops.com , and has photos of his birds there. If some of you wouldn't mind visiting that website, having a look at the BB Reds, and letting me know what you think of them that would be great!!

Again, thanks to all that commented, your time and thoughts are much appreciated.

Matt

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I personally don't like the seller's OEGBs, but maybe it's just me.

 

[DTchickens]

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I agree really.. MAllen you may try coming over to the OEGBCA forum too, someone there may could help you out with some good BBreds, as there are quite a few people over there that raise some nice ones. I know on the yahoo board (can be found through the site too, or a google search) there was a fellow selling some BBreds, Silvers, and i forget what else. http://www.bantychicken.com/cgi-bin/OEGBCA/index.cgi

 

[greathorse]

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and if you're just looking for someone to talk down to I suggest you look somewhere else. I asked for help, not cheap shots about learning the language.

I think if you take another look at the photos of the rooster you'll find that the leg color and the comb are both correct.

Your OP said the male has green legs-go back & check. I assumed you meant green when you said green. IF he has green legs they're wrong. If they're slate they're right but he's still not a very good bird. Yes he has a rode comb but it's not a well formed ROSECOMB rose comb. His lobes are too small & have too much red in them [also true of the female. The female, does not have good BB Red colour. She's frosted around the edge of her feathers or so the picture appears.
Sorry you're so thin skinned. The smiley is meant to convey levity.
Also sorry if you hoped to hear you had wonderful birds, you don't. They're cross bred Banties, nothing more.
As to what you'll "tolerate” it’s an open forum & like other forums you run the risk of sometimes getting an answer you don't like. There's an old saying "if you're not sure you want the answer don't ask the question".

Yup

 

[greathorse]

Not piling on here but would like to add to the thought that getting the best breeding pair or trio and starting from there is the best plan. The hard part about that is finding the best birds. It requires going to a few shows, talking to a few folks, getting information from judges and so forth. Or actually a lot of the preceding if you really want good information.

The beauty of breeding birds is that for a few dollars you can start with outstanding stock and go on from there. I breed horses and obtaining quality foundation stock car require 10's of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars depending on the breed.

The least costly thing in this chicken world is the starter stock. It gets expensive after that what with the feeding, conditioning culling, feeding culls until you know they are culls, dragging of to shows, building breeder pens and on and on. One can quickly spend thousands of dollars caring for and improving what you might have spent a couple hundred bucks on even if you went out and found the best.

JMO