Descendants of RedBro

[Boppo]

Due to your name, I wonder if this is a second or third generation you have bred of original RedBro birds? The text above notes that because they are hybrids, not a purebred strain, they will not breed true. It is likely that bantams were incorporated in the hybrid for the lively foraging and alertness to predators? So in 2nd, 3rd and later generations, those features may separate from the original hybrid blend and pop up as bantams or other features of the parent birds from which the hybrids are obtained.

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[N F C]

Welcome to BYC. Glad to meet you. Enjoy those birds. I don't think that hybrid breed was designed to be sex-link, that is to show different colors at hatch depending on gender. They seem to be designed to be an efficient free range broiler or perhaps dual purpose bird.

from Purely Poultry website:
Production Free Range Broilers reach about 6 pounds live weight at about 9 to 11 weeks. Free-Range Broiler chicks are a slow-growing chicken breed that is great for pastured poultry and free-range broiler poultry farms. They are a great alternative to the Cornish Cross which grows very quickly and is bred to produce in confinement. This breed is not an efficient egg layer.


Breeding Free Range Broilers together will not result in a second generation that is consistent with the parent stock.


History: These broiler strains are imported French hybrid strains that were developed from Continental and American heritage chicken breeds in the 1960s. They were started because of the Label Rouge program for free-ranging chickens.


Colors: Our free-range broiler chicks come as a hatchery choice assortment of Tricolor, Redbro, and Yellow chicks.

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Redbro is a Rhode Island Red color pattern with dark red feathers and a black tail. Red bro chicks have yellow beaks, shanks, and skin.

Good find on the info @Boppo!

 

[cmom]

Good luck and have fun...