My Flaming Red Orpington Roo - New Photos pg 11

[Katy]

I'll bail you out if you share the eggs.

 

[herechickchick]

Your on.

 

[chickenma]

love your pictures

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

That is what you call a RED chicken!!!

 

[ninjapoodles]

I love these red birds! Can't wait to see how they develop. Neato!

 

[MissPrissy]

The future siblings were laid yesterday and the day before. All of the new buff orps in Reds pen have begun to lay. Woot!

I am getting an egg from each one every day.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

So they are in the incubator? The count downs on?

 

[MissPrissy]

I am waiting till saturday. I want a bator full. LOL

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Gotcha!!!

 

[tadkerson]

Quote:
The offspring phenotype ( what they look like) looks appropriate for the cross. I would take some of the darkest pullets and cross them with your red rooster. Some of the chicks that hatch from the next cross should be red. It usually takes a back cross or two to get what you want. I would not worry about the dark head color. It will disappear as the birds get older. I do like the black head look. There is a, North European, chicken breed called an owl beard that is bred to have a black head on a white body.

The birds you have are quit handsome- I like the bright buff color. Just keep picking out females and back crossing to the red male. You have a few genes to weed out to get the red color in the male.

Tim