BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[Arielle]

Oh I thought it was a great pic that shows they layout-- very organized.

 

[tony4850]

Parent stock for Austra Whites. We produce these for our commercial flock. Good layers. The hens are the Pearl strain of White Leghorns . The male is from a good producing Austrolorp strain..

 

[southernmomma]

Here is a photo of some of our breeding pens devoted to Minorcas. Not a great photo unfortunately. I have incubated about 200 eggs so far from 5 different breeding s.

Oh I thought it was a great pic that shows they layout-- very organized.

Agreed. I enjoy seeing layouts that work for people. Big layouts can be scaled down, not always true the other way around.
I think that Meds in general are attractive~ the big combs and white ear lobes are such a pretty combination.

M

 

[subhanalah]

Parent stock for Austra Whites. We produce these for our commercial flock. Good layers. The hens are the Pearl strain of White Leghorns . The male is from a good producing Austrolorp strain..

I have read that the egg laying comes from the father's side of genetics. Does anyone know if this is true/documented in some way?

 

[LindaB220]

Tony,

Good looking birds. How's their disposition? Loud? I know nothing about them. Your coop set up looks good

 

[tony4850]

One of our Blue Andulusian males we are using. We are breeding for production. We don't show. The hens are large and are extremely good layers. They are splashes, not good lacing but again we selected them based on performance , not color.

 

[tony4850]

There are basically 5 groups . I acquired some birds from Richard Schock. I already had some utility type Minorcas. I am crossing production males on RS females, RS males on production females, and RS males on RS females. The utility birds are much smaller but their egg size is equal to if not on average a bit larger than the standard females. Their disposition is a bit better than Leghorns but not as good as Anconas or Blue Andulusians.The standard birds are very large.

 

[tony4850]

Utility type male I am using

 

[tony4850]

This is a pen of Silver Spangled Hamburgs. I had them as a child so I just wanted some again. I didn't incubate any eggs from them. I believe they were much larger years ago . These birds are very small. They lay decent but the eggs are small.

 

[southernmomma]

There are basically 5 groups . I acquired some birds from Richard Schock. I already had some utility type Minorcas. I am crossing production males on RS females, RS males on production females, and RS males on RS females. The utility birds are much smaller but their egg size is equal to if not on average a bit larger than the standard females. Their disposition is a bit better than Leghorns but not as good as Anconas or Blue Andulusians.The standard birds are very large.

I will wonder aloud~ if your existing stock was excelling in production and that is your goal, why are you crossing with the standard bred birds?

M