Breeding for PERSONALITY. AKA Hello SWEET ROO!

[CrazyTalk]

There are several breeds that have been created with rooster docility in mind - the Jersey Giant comes to mind - temperament was a clear goal in that project. The parent strains for Cornish Cross are also selected for temperament (so they can be kept at higher densities, and be maintained easier). So there's no reason it can't be done - as it has been done.


As to the chicken above, the comb rules out NH Red, and RI red. With chickens, it either fits the breed standard or it doesn't. If it doesnt, it's not that breed - if it does - it is, no matter the parentage. It's a nice looking bird.

 

[Sydney Acres]

There are several breeds that have been created with rooster docility in mind - the Jersey Giant comes to mind - temperament was a clear goal in that project. The parent strains for Cornish Cross are also selected for temperament (so they can be kept at higher densities, and be maintained easier). So there's no reason it can't be done - as it has been done.


As to the chicken above, the comb rules out NH Red, and RI red. With chickens, it either fits the breed standard or it doesn't. If it doesnt, it's not that breed - if it does - it is, no matter the parentage. It's a nice looking bird.

The RIR breed is acceptable in either the single comb or the rose comb variety. The single comb was admitted to the SOP in 1904, one year earlier than the rose comb. Below is information from the 1998 SOP regarding the rose comb:

"The Rose Comb Rhode Island Red was admitted to the Standard in 1905, although some breeders acclaim it to be the original variety. The earlier Rhode Island Reds sported both the single and rose combs, some even having pea combs, due to their mixed ancestry and the fact of their being bred primarily for market purposes before they became a Standard breed." In the Shape description for the male, it states about the rose comb: "Rose; moderately large, firm on head; oval, free from hollow center, surface covered with small rounded points, terminating in a spike at the rear, the spike drooping slightly but not conforming too closely to the shape of head."

There are many parts of the country where the RC RIR is almost never seen, and with the popularity of the SC RIR, it is understandable why many people would assume that the SC is the only variety of RIR in the Standard. There is also a Rhode Island White, admitted in 1922, with the Standard being exactly the same as for the Red, except of course for color. It appears, although is somewhat open to interpretation based on how the write-up is organized, that the RIW is only acceptable with a rose comb.

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

As to the chicken above, the comb rules out NH Red, and RI red. With chickens, it either fits the breed standard or it doesn't. If it doesnt, it's not that breed - if it does - it is, no matter the parentage. It's a nice looking bird.

The chicken above is Rudy, a rose comb Rhode Island Red!!! The bird whose breed/sex is in question is a stray!

Hopefully @SharkmanDan can post a pic of the newcomer and we can help solve the mystery!

 

[MargaretYakoda]

The chicken above is Rudy, a rose comb Rhode Island Red!!! The bird whose breed/sex is in question is a stray!

Hopefully @SharkmanDan can post a pic of the newcomer and we can help solve the mystery!

I'd like to remind folks that this thread is to focus on breeding for personality. So, while I'm also curious as to the breed of SharkmanDan's stray, maybe that post can happen in a guess-this-breed thread? Thanks.

 

[centrarchid]

At this point we're still convincing some that this can even be done. Some very good points have been brought up concerning different behaviors, etc.
For right now, there are no groups working on this. It's all individual.

No sense wasting time convincing. It is doable but likely will require cooperation and exchange of birds. Breed number also will be a consideration.

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

I'd like to remind folks that this thread is to focus on breeding for personality. So, while I'm also curious as to the breed of SharkmanDan's stray, maybe that post can happen in a guess-this-breed thread? Thanks.

LOL you are probably right about that. Just got swept away in a mystery! You got to love the stray chicken stories!

Maybe we can bring it back on topic. Would you bring a stray into your breeding program without knowing the background, just on the basis of personality? {I would have to really fall in love with said bird}

 

[enola]

Somehow, I was under the impression that we were helping him decide which rooster to keep for breeding...... *going to go brush up on my reading skills*

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

Somehow, I was under the impression that we were helping him decide which rooster to keep for breeding...... *going to go brush up on my reading skills*

The holidays are making us all a bit scatterbrained, but your reading skills are fine!!!!

 

[MargaretYakoda]

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Originally Posted by enola

Somehow, I was under the impression that we were helping him decide which rooster to keep for breeding...... *going to go brush up on my reading skills*

Whoops. Missed that. CARRY ON!

 

[Sydney Acres]

Wonderful idea for a thread, but eagerly and repeatedly too contentious. Unsubscribing.