Breeding Hambars/Hampbars

[Parkmule]

There is no red at the end of the name... People simply call them incorrectly New Hampshire Reds... the APA lists them as New Hampshire... there is only one bird.. you must must remember that to breed true you have to have a double barred male.... the reason for this is that barred males of any breed carry two sets of barring genes... the females need just one.... so if you have a male that is incomplete for barring... single barred.. and that is all you have ... you can breed him to a NH female and get the correct female but the males will still be single barred... to get the complete double barred male you must breed a barred female to the single incomplete barred male this will give you a complete Hampbar....

http://www.hpbaa.com/Hampbars.html

Keith
SC
USA

Keith, that link is down. Is it anywhere else?
I'll get you pics of Little Kieth and Carolina soon. They are looking great!

 

[rc50]

Hi hope all are doing great... just a pic of some new chicks... these are a week old...






Max and his girl....

Keith
SC
USA

 

[Robins Ranch]

Hi all, we've just joined Backyard Chickens and stumbled across this thread... How exciting!! Last year we purchased some eggs, got some Gold Legbars, New Hamps and due to an error with eggs received some free barred Plymouth Rock eggs. After some research we decided we'd try and put these together and start the process of achieving Hampbars. That is what we are looking at this year, the first stage, so fingers crossed we can start to progressing towards our goal. We'll be watching this thread and researching the links posted throughout the past four years, and hopefully we'll be able to add some pics as we go along. Many thanks for all the info, Keith and Rache

 

[TwoBit]

Sorry.. Wrong thread!

 

[rc50]

Hi Hope all are doing great... I have three or four Hambar males that are nine to ten weeks old and wondering if anyone would like one or all of them... ? I have a hen sitting on a clutch of eggs now that will hatch in another week or so .. If interested let me know... .
these are fifth generation...


thanks a ton

Keith
SC
USA

 

[rc50]

Hi hope all are doing great... a pic of one of my Hambar / Barred New Hampshire females... she is 22 weeks... started laying week 21 and has laid 6 out of 7 of those days not the best pic but will give you and idea ....

have a great one

Keith
SC

 

[rc50]

this is another interesting female... bad pic but give you an idea... she lays well too...

 

[macylee]

I'm trying to figure out what type of hen this is (the one up front in the picture) that I was given by my Grandpa. He has so many chickens come and go, plus he's older, so he doesn't remember what breed or mix she is. Looking at pictures online, Hampbars seem to bear the closest resemblance. Any opinions?

 

[rc50]

Hampbars are not something you just come up with.... there would have to be Hampbars she was bred from... From how she looks.. she could be from RIR, Production Red.. almost anything red... she simply is the offspring of a red bird with a barred one... Hampbars are so rare that if you had them you would know it.... The picture of my Barred New Hampshire is the product of many generations...

 

[rc50]

How anything looks can be misleading... Since we are talking chickens here The Standard of Perfection here in the USA tells us what a Chicken Breed should "look like" but it does not tell you what genes made it up....you can have a show winner that does not breed true.... they can have many genes that do not produce offspring that would give you show winners again... again I would like to say you can have show winners that are not pure.... does not meant that today that is happening... my point is to say the Judge takes the Standard and uses that to judge the entries... that's all he has, that is all he can do.... The female in my pic let us say is a show winner for her breed.... but I as the breeder knows that this one female looks aside is not right as she lays white eggs... she should lay a nice big brown egg.... this is just one point to give you an idea that looks does not tell blood