Arjun Masthi
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- Jan 4, 2021
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I am sure that somewhere, a similar thread exists, and I'm new to this community, so I wouldn't be wiser than to make a new thread.
So here goes: I'm from India, and most backyard chicken are a local Landrace (there are some breeds, none that produce a lot of meat or eggs). Farmers also tend not to supplement the chicken with feed much, so they need to be good scavengers and escape predation well.
Universities here have released a lot of quick maturing chicken breeds that grow big, and lay more eggs, but none go broody (unusual, since these breeds don't produce over 150-180 eggs- there are breeds elsewhere that produce more and still find time to brood
).
Also unfortunately, they all look like the other- large single combed birds of a multitude of colours.
I intend to breed a new breed (also for the fun of it), after being around chicken most my life, I'm aware of in breeding, line breeding and cross breeding, and genetics of some of the characteristics.
I intend to create a breed that has clean legs, a v comb (to easily identify crossbreds, that is a common practice by some middlemen to make a quick buck), a Spitzhauben crest, hopefully a beard (I need help here), goes broody and mothers well, lays a respectable number of tinted eggs and has meat that tends not to be too fatty on mature birds (I'm guessing a moderately fast growth rate would help- too quick, and joints get weak too)
Here are the parent breeds I intend to work with:
Brahma- for the stature and broodiness
Giriraja- a local breed for Growth rate.
Spitzhauben- for a crest that doesn't cause hernia and block vision
Salmon faverolles- for egg production and Growth rate
And of course, some good specimens from the local Landraces, for disease resistance and mothering abilities.
Tips and pointers would help greatly. Thanks for your patience to read through this all.
I already have first generation crosses of some.Fb.com/irpuchicken
So here goes: I'm from India, and most backyard chicken are a local Landrace (there are some breeds, none that produce a lot of meat or eggs). Farmers also tend not to supplement the chicken with feed much, so they need to be good scavengers and escape predation well.
Universities here have released a lot of quick maturing chicken breeds that grow big, and lay more eggs, but none go broody (unusual, since these breeds don't produce over 150-180 eggs- there are breeds elsewhere that produce more and still find time to brood
).Also unfortunately, they all look like the other- large single combed birds of a multitude of colours.
I intend to breed a new breed (also for the fun of it), after being around chicken most my life, I'm aware of in breeding, line breeding and cross breeding, and genetics of some of the characteristics.
I intend to create a breed that has clean legs, a v comb (to easily identify crossbreds, that is a common practice by some middlemen to make a quick buck), a Spitzhauben crest, hopefully a beard (I need help here), goes broody and mothers well, lays a respectable number of tinted eggs and has meat that tends not to be too fatty on mature birds (I'm guessing a moderately fast growth rate would help- too quick, and joints get weak too)
Here are the parent breeds I intend to work with:
Brahma- for the stature and broodiness
Giriraja- a local breed for Growth rate.
Spitzhauben- for a crest that doesn't cause hernia and block vision
Salmon faverolles- for egg production and Growth rate
And of course, some good specimens from the local Landraces, for disease resistance and mothering abilities.
Tips and pointers would help greatly. Thanks for your patience to read through this all.
I already have first generation crosses of some.Fb.com/irpuchicken
