Breeding Buff Leghorns

[ArieBLB]

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I agree with Dan. Are you breeding American type Leghorns with the multiple feathering in tail? Then you look also to that trait and look to the females with a big full feathered sadle cushion/ back and long tail feathers.
I like the males on the pictures. I saw a couple of cocks with a pair of strong bones in the legs. First look at type and then the rest. .....Arie

 

[ArieBLB]

Hello my friends,

Would you take a look at this tread https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6835354#p6835354

Thanks....Arie

 

[Majestic Lane Poultry]

Here are some photos of my newly aquired Buff Leghorn Flock:

The darkest pullet:

The Roo:

A pullet with some smut in the tail:

These are for Hannah. The white stuff is DE. I will cover with straw tonight. I just wanted to worm them and found that this is the easiest way. This is their set-up minus the coop and the broodies and broodies with chicks are separated elsewhere:

A big box for whatever:

Tarps and an outside Roost:

Outside Nest Boxes just in case:

Now for the experts:

Should I not use the hens with spurs at all for breeding? Which do I worry about more: color or spurs? All opinions, comments and critisisms welcome.

 

[ArieBLB]

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I would like to recommend you to all animals in the first year to set up for breeding. So you can set up a large gene pool. The young animals next year, select what you want in your flock to keep. Do not gamble on one or two good animals, but try starting with a large number of chicks that you're going to start with. Naturally we would like to be kept informed of developments with these beautiful animals.

Greetings Arie

 

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[Celtic Hill]

Hey guys, im coming to you for help! im working on Buff Old English Game Bantams with my brother and this year we have a few birds and its time to start making cuts. This year I really wanna cull weak colored birds. My youngstock are three months old, is that too early? What can I look for in a young bird that will have decent coloring? Right now they are all out of the sun so they are not faded out.

 

[ArieBLB]

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Hi, do you have some pictures of your mature birds and from the chicks?
I would suggest to look at the color of the unther Fluff and the color from the unther fluff of the saddle/back from the chicks. The color I like to see the most there must be Buff to the skin and free from any other color. I think for your animals a strict selection. The rooster in the picture, displayed on your page, does not look completely uniform Buff color. Maybe it is the picture but I saw this color too at my F3 White x Buff and the f2 back to pure Buff. Get rid of the birds with white in the plumige if you have enough birds with good color all over the body and tail. But don't forget, look always to their types and vigor first. Build first and then paint them.

I can't wait to see the pictures. Succes Arie

 

[Celtic Hill]

Okay thanks! Its REALLY REALLY hard to find any kind of buff old English. We started with a batch of 25 buff old English bantams, and now were down to around ten because of bad vigor, around two months something happens and bunch of them started drooping. Our buff rooster doesn't have uniform color but he has a nice rich color. It really sucks having like no stock out there, I have only seen one other buff old English at a show.

Ill post some pics I snapped the other day of them. They are clickable and enlarge really big.




There is a cockerel from the Buff Cock we have now bred to a red pyle, just so you can see what he reproduced.


Ill get more pictures soon. I should read through this thread and see what you guys did, I can't imagine there are a lot of buff leghorn breeders either.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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Arie, we thought of you this afternoon while dangling about 630' above the ground. we are on vacation in St. Louis. My family road up the Arch in a tram together, but had to ride down seperatly. Going down a nice couple from the Netherlands rode with us. Told them of our friend who raised Buff Leghorn bantams in the netherlands. they were most interested. i told them to llook you up on this thread. Maybe they will.

 

[ArieBLB]

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Arie, we thought of you this afternoon while dangling about 630' above the ground. we are on vacation in St. Louis. My family road up the Arch in a tram together, but had to ride down seperatly. Going down a nice couple from the Netherlands rode with us. Told them of our friend who raised Buff Leghorn bantams in the netherlands. they were most interested. i told them to llook you up on this thread. Maybe they will.

Hi Jim, Great that you have thought of me and my animals have recommended to those people. Do you know where those people live in the Netherlands and what is their name? Send it in a PM if you know. Thanks my friend. Have a nice vacation. Greetings from the Netherlands.....Arie