Niederrheiner Thread! All Colors!

[UberchicRanch]

Here is our draft of the breed standard. If everyone would take a week or so to review it and make recommendations, if you have any? After we have received all inputs and created our final draft; we will send a letter to the APA requesting to be put in a recognition process officially. In that letter we will need each members full name, address, phone and your date that you started raising LCNs. You will also need to become an APA member for the five year breeding period. I would like to be able to put our groups membership status into our letter.

A recommendation has been made to create a LCN Club. We may be able to have a online club or local clubs depending on your individual desires. Let me know your opinions on this matter also, please?

If you feel comfortable sharing your inputs directly to the group please do so. If you prefer to send them to me then I will send out to the group as if they are my suggestions. I am also posting this on the thread because several people have commented on the thread that did not send me their email. Thank you all for supporting this endeavor.

Johnny

Neirderrheiners Breed Standard Draft​

Colors: Lemon Cuckoo, Crele, Birchen, Blue
Disqualifications: lack of barring on hackle, black feathers in body stern or lower thighs
(See general disqualifications and cutting for defects)
Color-Male
Variety- Lemon Cuckoo
Comb- single comb, seven points, bright red; wattles and earlobes- bright red.
Beak- buff
Eyes- bright vivid orange
Head- gold to yellow-white lightly stippled
Neck-hackle golden creole
Back-lemon, to orangey barred feathers
Tail- Barred feathering black
Wings, including Wing Fronts, Shoulders, Bows and Coverts: pure lemon gold buff with white barring
Breast: buff
Body Stern and Lower Thighs: creamy white to lemon yellow.
Fluff- uniform pale buff
Legs and Toes- white to pinkish white shanks and toes
Color-Female
Variety- Lemon Cuckoo
Comb- small uniform single comb, close to head bri


Color-Female
Variety- Lemon Cuckoo
Comb- small uniform single comb, close to head bright red; wattles and earlobes- bright red
Beak- buff
Eyes- bright vivid orange
Head- solid golden yellow to light orange
Neck-light barred orange-yellow white
Tail- solid buff
Wings- light gold to yellow, slight barring
Breast- buff
Fluff- pale creamy white to light buff
Legs and Toes- white shanks and bottom feet

I think this is a great start but we're not mentioning other key things like weight (8-10 lbs hens, 10-12 lbs roosters) egg weight (Extra Large to Jumbo) egg color (cream). No feathers on shanks or feet. 3 front digits, 1 hind digit on feet. Body type - heavy breed (round / full body, broad head, upright posture, tail at 45 degree angle). Males tail is not only black with green sheen and white, but also some buff as well lining the tail feathers. Tail feathers not exceedingly long like Leghorns, more like your average heavy breed bird. It's ok for the rooster to have black feathering on the secondaries and tertiaries wing feathers, but not on the primaries. (Basically when their wings are closed, you don't see any black). Black ticking is ok female's lower neck / cape and black feathering is ok towards the tip of the tail feathers for both male and female. Tail feathers can also be cuckoo buff / white on the female. This is just to name a few points but I could go on.

 

[Vorksigan]

Update:

UberchicRanch is adding to our Neiderrheiner Standards. If no one else has any recommendations on changes to our standards, once I receive the updated draft standards from UberchicRanch: I will mail in our official request for the inclusion of Neiderrheiner into the APA.
Before I can send in the letter, I need everyone's full name, contact information and the date you started raising Neiderrheiners.
You can email your information directly to me at [email protected].
Each of our group members must be members of the APA before they will accept you as a member of our breeding group.
It is not to late to join our group. If you are interested in helping get this breed recognized by the APA email me.
I have emailed this information to our current group members directly (Glynnda, Mandy, Stephanie, Jeff, UberchicRanch, Lonny, and Johnny) so if you did not get please email me. Cc

 

[StephWind]

I'll review and send my e-mail back this morning, after I get coffee in me and can think straight!

 

[UberchicRanch]

I have another disqualification to add but I'm looking for a good photo online so you see what I'm talking about.

 

[Vorksigan]

Have you added those others qualities? StephWind has some to add.

 

[UberchicRanch]

OK so I found some images that show a disqualification. You can see the hen is displaying black tickings on the saddle when it should be buff or white cuckoo pattern only.

 

[Vorksigan]

Yes, I see. Please add it to the draft. Once you have edited and StepWind has edited, I will send it around again for everyone to look at their birds and their desired breeding outcomes. Once, we hace a consensus then I will submit the letter. I do believe that you all have put together some very good data.

I know I keep mentioning this but I still need start dates, names, and contact information to add to our recognition letter. Please send to my email [email protected]. I know their are at least 4 in this group from Texas. Three of us are from a small town called Splendora, just North of Houston.

Johnny

 

[Vorksigan]

Any update on developing our standards?

 

[BW56]

My Lemon cuckoo Roo died suddenly. He was good looking, huge and young but was doing his best with the ladies. I still would like to get some more Niederrheiners, But I'll see what my silkie can hatch from his legacy. They will be strange mixes but they will be his offspring. A rir, Bar Rock, and silkie.

 

[Sylvester017]

My Lemon cuckoo Roo died suddenly. He was good looking, huge and young but was doing his best with the ladies. I still would like to get some more Niederrheiners, But I'll see what my silkie can hatch from his legacy. They will be strange mixes but they will be his offspring. A rir, Bar Rock, and silkie.

I am so sorry to hear you lost your roo suddenly. Glad you'll have some of his offspring to remember him. I lost a juvenile to a sudden seizure (another breed) this past week while her sibling is fine. Never know what suddenly takes them. I've had it happen where a chicken is fine one day and suddenly gone the next. Niederrheiners are so big and beautiful but unfortunately in my humid, hot, brutal summers I can't have the heavily under-downed breeds. Post pics of your boy's offspring!