Norwegian Jaerhon

[Gresh]

Hey, all! Forgive my laziness in not searching the thread more, but are Jaerhons Landrace or Breed? All the pictures I've seen on this thread seem to be pretty similar, so am I right to say that they're a breed?

~Gresh~

 

[Roosterfry]

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Yes they are a breed that was developed from an old landrace fowl

 

[Gresh]

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Yes they are a breed that was developed from an old landrace fowl

Ok, thanks!

 

[Jake Levi]

Discoveregg

I would bet money that you could find a teen that you could teach and supervise, and a lot better timing for you at your convenience. Probably cheaper too in the long run.

 

[CelticMoon1]

OK guys, next part follows... SOP for the Dark variety. SOP for the light variety will follow another day

 

[CelticMoon1]

COLOUR VARIETIES:

DARK: brown-yellow (barred)
Autosexing.
Down colour in male chick is dark brown with a quite large diffuse neck spot.
Down colour in female chick is dark grey-brown with a small light neck spot.

PLUMAGE:
ROOSTER:
Head and neck feathers: almost white (light), with corn yellow barring in the lower parts of the feathers towards the back, shoulders and chest.
Back and saddle feathers: whitish (light) with a grey-brown-yellow colour along the shaft and golden-yellow border, which has a faint hint of blurred barring.
Tail: Control feathers white with a touch of light grey in the outer part of the feather. Side and main sickle feathers as control feathers but with a faint hint of grey-brown irregular barring in the outer part of the feather.
Wings: Wing bow - light golden yellow interspersed with some white. Wing
bar/speculum - in the visible dark grey-brown with faint distinct barring Flight feathers almost white (a slight hint of grey is not considered a significant flaw).
Chest, abdomen and thighs: Upper chest (foreneck) is almost a mixture of white (light) with a very yellowish tint, that changes into a more grey-brown-yellow at the chest, irregular barring. This barring grows stronger in colour and more distinct especially on the abdomen and thighs.
NOTE: The light feather colour in the roosters can vary quite significantly, but should still always show a certain hamony in allround impression.

HEN:
Head and neck: Yellowish with yellow-brown irregular barring that grows stronger and more distinct at chest and abdomen.
Back: Dark brown-yellow irregular barring, the barring grows more indistinct and fainter at the base of tail.
Tail: Dark brown with a lighter, though still dark brown-yellow speckling.
Wings: Wing bows and bar, with a broad dark grey-brown and yellowish white barring, that grows more indistinct and converging towards the wing bar. Flight feathers – primaries grey-brown with a lighter brownish spattering. Secondaries are almost uniformly grey-brown. There can be an amount of white in the flight feathers; all white flight feathers are not considered a significant flaw.
Chest: A relatively distinct and quite broad barring of grey and light yellow-brown colouring, that subsides and becomes more grey towards abdomen, thighs and bottom down.
NOTE: The overall impression in the colouring is more even in the hen than in the rooster; the barring mentioned above is not sharply defined in any of the parts of the feathers.

A-faults: Entirely asymmetrical colouration and pattern, which is largely disturbing the overall impression. Straw colour in wing and tail feathers.
Faults: Lesser colouration and pattern flaws compared to the above.

 

[aurissavannahs]

Thanks, so much celtic moon. An excellent translation of the dark SOP.

Looking froward to the light SOP.
Kat

 

[Roosterfry]

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X2 agreed... Now if we could just find some breeding stock of light ones. Mr. Netland said they were his favorite, he didn't specify why. I guess one obvious plus to the light ones would be a solid yellow chick that's a male and a light brown one with a stripe that's a pullet which would be a little more distinctive differences than the dark variety ....

 

[Jake Levi]

If, we can grow out enough numbers this year hopefully we can sort through the hatches to come up with both varieties.

 

[Roosterfry]

I know I've already got the dark variety the hatcheries don't even know that yet!

I'm going to be churning out chicks from the incubator fast as these ladies lay eggs. I bet they'll be all over North MS by July