Buckeye Breed Thread

[revolutionmama]

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And I have development!

First batch I received I see the eggs veining & lil' spots, second batch is hard to tell some veining and some ? I'm giving it more time. At least I know I have nice Buckeye babies on the way! Still wanting a already made / started flock

maybe with some luck

12 of my Buckeye eggs made it to lock down! 5 from one line, 7 from another woohoooooooo hatch is due Tuesday. I am so thrilled while I look at all your wonderful pictures of Buckeyes. It will be a fun and long adventure ahead

.....and YES ALL will hatch!

 

[har]

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And I have development!

First batch I received I see the eggs veining & lil' spots, second batch is hard to tell some veining and some ? I'm giving it more time. At least I know I have nice Buckeye babies on the way! Still wanting a already made / started flock

maybe with some luck

12 of my Buckeye eggs made it to lock down! 5 from one line, 7 from another woohoooooooo hatch is due Tuesday. I am so thrilled while I look at all your wonderful pictures of Buckeyes. It will be a fun and long adventure ahead

.....and YES ALL will hatch!

Hope they all hatch, they really are wonderfule birds.

 

[jenjscott]

Matt John has a starter flock of Buckeyes on sale in the auction right now! A cockerel, 2 pullets and 2 hens. This is a chance to get in with a head start. He has excellent stock.

 

[revolutionmama]

Really hoping on great sex ratio and that they turn out to being really good looking birds. We would love to show them next summer. The lines are great so my chances are pretty good for SQ. and hopefully not to many culls. I have 12 more eggs on the way from the wonderful Mudstopper, who is full of great information! I want to dive into this Buckeye project with a great start I've been reading up like crazy. This breed just really caught my eye and I really haven't heard anything bad about them. I think they are a great bird for our winters here in Kansas.

 

[revolutionmama]

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Heck yeah! I'll have to check that out

is it a BYC auction?

 

[punky rooster]

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Heck yeah! I'll have to check that out

is it a BYC auction?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=407045 hope all your eggs hatch!

 

[cgmccary]

punky rooster wrote:

one of my roosters has black on his chest is this a fault?
punky

I replied: It is not a disqualification, but it is not desirable. Buckeyes are not supposed to be anything other than one solid color, mahogany bay, on the chest.

All one color like this:

 

[punky rooster]

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Post a large photo and let us see what you are describing.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63711_picture_035.jpg him
color on chest https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63711_picture_032.jpg
I don't know what this is its behind his wings on both sides https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63711_picture_037.jpg
my RIR X buckeye chick https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63711_picture_045.jpg
my new buckeye roo's comb https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63711_picture_043.jpg
punky

he has alot of black on him should i cull him?
I have a great roo ffrom Bob Rhodes
does Hodges farm have good buckeyes?

 

[cgmccary]

punky rooster wrote: he has alot of black on him should i cull him?
I have a great roo ffrom Bob Rhodes
does Hodges farm have good buckeyes?

Whether or not you should cull him depends. I have stated many times that personally, color is way down my list on reasons to cull. I have a cockerel now that is black splotched like that & I am culling him but more so, for other reasons (and not necessarily for the black splotches on his breast. How much does he weigh & what is his age? Does he represent a different genetic line so that you might need him for diversity? Does he have some other trait in abundance that you are trying to improve? If you are keeping some females with the breast splotches, you should not breed them to that male. I don't know anything about Hodges farm.​

 

[punky rooster]

he weighs about 9 pounds and seven months he has good shape but he has black on his chest and shanks https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/63711_picture_035.jpg
I only have 3 pullets and 2 roos including him but i plan on getting some chicks from buckeyedave in the spring. the pullets have some speckled black on them
Hodges farms says they have your strain.