Dark Egg Breeds Thread

[Germaine_11.20]

Geebs to be honest it was hard to tell. Those pics are of the birds "zoomed" in! They really were very spooked about me being in there.

I would say more mahogany if I am to make a judgement call.

 

[geebs]

Cool!!! You would have wrecked my breeding program in one sentence... ha ha.... I am breeding for the mahogany in the hackle on the females and a good overall color balance in the males.

 

[snowbird]

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I like the Mahogany colored feathers also but with the proposed APA standard it will be required that they are Copper if you are to have a chance to win in the shows. I will say also that at ever show I have attended a Straw colored Black Copper has won BOV. I also believe that it is impossible to breed the BC with just one color Hackle. I believe you will always have the three colors.

 

[pinkchick]

My little Barnevelder roo "Ugh". I hijacked him from my best friend....she had one lonely chick hatch and so did I so I stole him and brought him home for some company for my little chick. Well if he hadn't been such a sweetie.....she may have gotten him back. LOL!

The only photo that I could get of one of the pullets. Can't wait until they start laying.

Will try to get more photos of the other Barnie gals soon.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

Wade Jean BCM eggs

Cottage Hill BCM eggs taken this morning

Steve

 

[Lotsapaints]

Those are some purdy eggs Steve and pictures of your stock?

 

[drom]

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I like the Mahogany colored feathers also but with the proposed APA standard it will be required that they are Copper if you are to have a chance to win in the shows. I will say also that at ever show I have attended a Straw colored Black Copper has won BOV. I also believe that it is impossible to breed the BC with just one color Hackle. I believe you will always have the three colors.

I'm trying to work on a more red version of the copper color than what I have on some of my birds now. Some of my hens have had it but the roosters hackles have been on the lighter side. In my 3rd gen I finally got 3 roosters that have the red-copper color to their hackles. But mine have been varied.

 

[drom]

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I have heard that the Barnevelders are really beautiful birds. I was thinking they were a little more brown than that. Are the young birds darker? When will yours lay Pink Chick?

 

[drom]

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Those are nice-In every picture I've seen of the Cottage Hill eggs they always look really large and round.

 

[pinkchick]

drom~ I have three different lines of Barnies, they have all colored differently. I can tell you that one breeders birds stand out in my little crowd and are darker then the others, they are my favorites. Couple of them have just turned 5 mos. old, we will see what they lay soon I hope. If I were to judge POL by their combs only, it looks like they could be another month away.