New Hampshire x BR Equals...

[TimG]

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Nope Of course you know from your Sexlink thread that NH roo on BR hens makes black Sexlinks right ???? lol And the reversed cross makes all barred chicks.

The Delaware coloration would have come about back when they were working with this cross as a meat bird and the Delawares would have come about over a few generations of breeding back an forth but what I would imagine happened is since Delawares are Barred Silver Columbian. I image the the Silver came from Silver based Barred Rocks, the weak Columbian pattern from the Delawares, and obviously the barring from the Barred Rocks so say if a male offspring from the BR X NH matings which would have been heterozygous for barring, gold, and silver was bred back to the NH hens then I would imagine that would produce some Delaware colored pullets at least but the roos would still have gold in them so they would need a little more breeding but that that probably how they got there with several generations, no just one simple cross.

I believe the Delaware is the result of a sport. You cannot duplicate it unless you get very lucky (hitting the lottery lucky).

 

[RAREROO]

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Nope Of course you know from your Sexlink thread that NH roo on BR hens makes black Sexlinks right ???? lol And the reversed cross makes all barred chicks.

The Delaware coloration would have come about back when they were working with this cross as a meat bird and the Delawares would have come about over a few generations of breeding back an forth but what I would imagine happened is since Delawares are Barred Silver Columbian. I image the the Silver came from Silver based Barred Rocks, the weak Columbian pattern from the Delawares, and obviously the barring from the Barred Rocks so say if a male offspring from the BR X NH matings which would have been heterozygous for barring, gold, and silver was bred back to the NH hens then I would imagine that would produce some Delaware colored pullets at least but the roos would still have gold in them so they would need a little more breeding but that that probably how they got there with several generations, no just one simple cross.

I believe the Delaware is the result of a sport. You cannot duplicate it unless you get very lucky (hitting the lottery lucky).

It may have been but most sports are recessive genes that pop up and the delawares dont have any visual recessive genes. But yes the color and body type for the most part could be fairly easily duplicated, in the above post I explained one of the ways that it could be duplicated over time. You just couldnt duplicate the history of the breed I guess by remaking them.

 

[PepsNick]

Copied from the Delaware Wikipedia:

In the early 20th century, Barred Plymouth Rock rooster over New Hampshire hen was a popular choice for broilers.

Now this may not be the exact wording, but BSL's were used for meat? I guess I can see that...

 

[RAREROO]

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Nick, I belive kathyinmo is may be doing a Delaware recreation project with a Barred Rock roo on her New Hampshire hens. If you lookin the the breeders/hatcheries section in there Breeders that sell Is it ethical thread. She is talking about a project with them and Bob Blosl mentioned something about recreateing the delaware so you may want to take a look at that and maybe PM Kathy and ask her about it unless she chimes in here.


And just a note from your post, the Barred roo on the Delaware hens, wouldnt make the BSLs, so it would have just been that barred hybrid that they were using for broilers.

 

[PepsNick]

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Nick, I belive kathyinmo is may be doing a Delaware recreation project with a Barred Rock roo on her New Hampshire hens. If you lookin the the breeders/hatcheries section in there Breeders that sell Is it ethical thread. She is talking about a project with them and Bob Blosl mentioned something about recreateing the delaware so you may want to take a look at that and maybe PM Kathy and ask her about it unless she chimes in here.


And just a note from your post, the Barred roo on the Delaware hens, wouldnt make the BSLs, so it would have just been that barred hybrid that they were using for broilers.

Thanks Clint. Ill look at that thread.

And recereating the Delaware, what a great idea! Better stock is needed... But don't know how that could affect hatcheries.