Buckeye Breed Thread

[chicmom]

Any of you Buckeye Breeders going to the Ohio National next month? Does anyone have a nice trio they could sell me, or even some chicks? I could pay in advance, and meet you at the show,

Sharon

 

[Blueface]

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Sharon, pm me, Sydney and I will be there and we may have an extra trio to part with. Sydney will have some very nice birds at the ohio nationals.

 

[WooingWyandotte]

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Eh, sure...I'm neighbors with Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Washington, Oregon...

 

[Chickielady]

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Eggggggsactly

 

[Chickielady]

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Eh, sure...I'm neighbors with Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Washington, Oregon...

Well, that narrows it down a little bit, not well though.
If you are looking for shipped eggs, the clser the better.
That said, I have ordered & recieved fine shipments from Florida, so now you just need to find a breeder close to you, and contact them to order what you are looking for.
Hope this helps.

 

[Chickielady]

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Such is fall shows when all the birds are either moultng or too young.

 

[Farm Boy do this]

I'm working on getting some buckeye eggs from a great friend of mine, can't wait to incubate them

 

[Jake Levi]

Good luck with them, are you going to keep them in the house this winter?

I am getting mine the first part of April I am hoping, too much winter to go through yet here for little guys.

 

[Jake Levi]

What are the main lines now for Buckeyes in the US?

I am getting up on some but I am sure there are many out there with strains/lines from different breeders. What I see is that I need to know a lot more about the history then I do other then Mrs Metcalf originating them. I do know she introduced some RIR into them, where did they go from her and who developed known lines?

 

[punky rooster]

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Incorrect. Buckeyes were not created using RI Red blood, a common misconception.
The more common and better (that I can think of) strains are: Rhodes; Urch; ALBC; ; McCary; Schrider; Barenger (sp?); Brown, and a few more.

Hope I helped,
Mitch