Heritage New Hampshires

[joletabey]

Catdaddy- check out the history page on the Delaware club site - it was pretty well researched and will add some good info to what you have.

Kathy, you KNOW how interested I am in this project!

 

[catdaddyfro]

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thanks for the info I went over to the Delaware site and read the history got some good info there I really appreciate the direction there Beth.

catdaddy

 

[OverEggstended]

My New Hampshires look like these guys :

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...dsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:19,s:337&biw=1345&bih=537

Are they really new hampshires? They are white speckeled (for lack of a better word) and do not have black tails.

 

[Lotsapaints]

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They should have a little black necklace and the tail feathers should be black yours look like a sexlink so they could be 1/2 New Hampshire

 

[Illia]

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Sounds like you've just got yourself some Sex Links.

 

[eatmorechicken]

I love New Hampshires! I tend to drift back and forth between different breeds of chickens. It seems that you got to try every breed available, but I always come back to this breed.

pics for your viewing pleasure

 

[kathyinmo]

Just to update .... my girls are now laying!

They are penned with a Barred Rock roo, for now, for the project. I will begin incubation soon. When I have enough (what is enough?) chicks hatched from this mating, I will pen the New Hampshires together.

A more recent picture of one of my New Hampshire roos and one of the girls....

 

[gootziecat]

Kathy,

The NHs are beautiful. I'm always interested in the utility end, whether a breed is Heritage or commercial. Just me. What size eggs are the girls laying and with what frequency? You may have mentioned it before, but how does their disposition stack up to the Dels or Rocks? Maybe someone else would be interested in this too.

Thanks.

 

[kathyinmo]

My NHs are young, and have just started to lay, so I don't know the answer to the laying question. Thus far, even as new layers, they are producing nice sized eggs. Disposition is friendly and likable, however not as friendly as Delawares. In my limited experience, I have found there is no other breed as friendly as the Delaware.

 

[Hennypen]

How big are the eggs? Large/ x-large?