Hello! and welcome to the OEGB thread.

[sjarvis00]

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Looks like you are well on your way to the lemon Coocoo or buff barred which ever it is. I assume you plan on taking the rooster back over his pullets when they're ready?
that is a real eye popping color and pattern should make for some real nice birds.

 

[FarmGirl01]

Here is a pic of my son's BB Red.

Wish he was a little darker.

 

[Whiskey Bay]

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Looks like you are well on your way to the lemon Coocoo or buff barred which ever it is. I assume you plan on taking the rooster back over his pullets when they're ready?
that is a real eye popping color and pattern should make for some real nice birds.

That's the plan so far.I'm going to do 2 seperate pens and alternate the roo.In one I'm gonna have the golden barred pullets in one and the plain buffs in the other. I know [supposedly] in the cuckoo breedings of the orps,they say the females carry one gene so are plain buff and the roos that only take one gene is plain,but the roos that have 2 genes have the cuckoo pattern.So I am going to try it out on the plain buffs I have off him.See what those offspring come out like VS the full barred.

 

[Blue]

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Oh, those are gorgeous birds!

I'd love to have some like that. I currently have a young pair of quail OEGBs (7 weeks old); I got them from Ideal hatchery, so I'm not really sure how great they'll be as far as the breed standard goes, but I like them so far. I actually ordered them to replace a quail hen (I love the quail color) that I used to have that I lost to a predator, and I just lucked out by ending up with a male and a female. I also have a spangled OEGB hen that I got last year and a black tailed red OEGB rooster (at least I think that's what he is). He was traded to me as a BB Red, but the closest pictures I've seen in color are of black tailed red roosters. I suppose he could be a mix of colors or a very, very poorly patterned BB Red as well.

 

[josh44]

What Happens when you Cross

BB Red Rooster X White Hens ???

&

Wheaton Rooster X White Hens ???



Thank You,

 

[sjarvis00]

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What white? You have a few genetic versions of white and you need to know what you are working with.
Do you have a goal in mind? are you trying to improve a variety or work toward a variety through the cross?

 

[southernsickles]

These are a couple of our this years hatch.They are 3 1/2 month old BB Red male line pullets.

 

[sjarvis00]

That is a pretty good looking pullet for a male line bird.

 

[southernsickles]

They are all turning out really close.That is what I was looking for this year was more consistency.I'm not looking forward to picking through them to get a couple breeders for next year.

 

[sjarvis00]

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I can relate to that it can get rather difficult sometimes. I think culling is easier when the variety is really in need of improvement. I had one Columbian Cockrell from last fall that just really stood out from all the others and it was a simple choice as he had much better leg length, wing carriage, feather quality. Good color but could still use a little better color but had better type than anything else. This isn't th ebest pic of him but it the one I have on hand. His wings are low in this pic and the sun is preventing good color demonstration.