I am starting as good an exhibition line of Rhode Island Reds as I can find, and hope to breed over the next years. So I will have what should be pretty good RIR roosters. I would also like to hatch and sell some sex linked chicks for the hobbyists here in Colorado. I found out it is really difficult to sell locally unless the chicks are sexed.
So if I kept another very nice pure line of birds and crossed with my reds what should it be? I think silver laced wyandottes crossed on RIR are sex linked? I know where there is some very good stock in those. How about a Blue laced red wyandotte and RIR?
Does anyone have any other suggestions? I am not very interested in barred plymouth rock so we can go from there. I would be interested in any feedback.
Just to be clear It would be great to have two marketable pure lines, and then in the spring hatch some sex links to sell as well. This year I could sell all I can hatch if I had them sexed.
Thanks
Thanks
So if I kept another very nice pure line of birds and crossed with my reds what should it be? I think silver laced wyandottes crossed on RIR are sex linked? I know where there is some very good stock in those. How about a Blue laced red wyandotte and RIR?
Does anyone have any other suggestions? I am not very interested in barred plymouth rock so we can go from there. I would be interested in any feedback.
Just to be clear It would be great to have two marketable pure lines, and then in the spring hatch some sex links to sell as well. This year I could sell all I can hatch if I had them sexed.
Thanks
Thanks
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