Norwegian Jaerhon

[feathers4fun]

I've been following this thread for awhile and THANK YOU. for all the research and info that's being listed. I tried some NJ eggs last spring with 0% hatch. Hope to try them again. not sure if they were light or dark; I think dark.

 

[Roosterfry]

Chick pictures
The chicks on the left are the dark variety and on the chicks on right are the light variety. On both pairs of chicks the male chicks are at the top.

 

[Roosterfry]

This is a picture of a pair of light jaerhons

 

[Roosterfry]

This is a picture that compares a dark(left) and a light(right) rooster.

 

[aurissavannahs]

Roosterfry,
Thank you so much for the pictures. Your obsession is well worth it. The pictures are great and are very helpful. I will put them in my Jaerhon picture file. Also, please thank your wife for her patience.

 

[Roosterfry]

This is a drawing of what was labeled as a light jaerhon hen. It was on the same source as the picture with the rooster comparison.

 

[Roosterfry]

These pictures were of someone showing off their light jaerhon cockeral and pullet.

This is the last picture of what I found of light jaerhons.

I hope these pictures help ya'll to more clearly understand what a light jaerhon looks like. I totally understand how there was such confusion on color patterns for this breed mainly because of the language barrier as well as slight variations allowed within both main colors light and dark. These pictures have helped me and I hope they help ya'll. My next task is to find out how many eggs the actually lay per year and why they are labeled as prolific EVERYWHERE they are described in Norwegian articles. Thanks for reading appreciate ya'll!

 

[discoveregg]

Roosterfry, you rock

Great info! I was also burning up the internet for a couple of hours today looking for information on NJs too. ~SIGH~ If only I could read in Norwegian. I did find out that the World Poultry Science Association will hold a meeting in Stavanger, Norway June 23-27 2014

Anybody want to go?

I totally agree with you that the variations are slight! For instance, in the pic you posted of the Light Pair, the Roo has quite a bit of yellow/browns on his breast and back, with considerably dark gray tail feathers and some gray barring on a few of his tail coverts.
In the next pic of the pair of Roos, the Light Roo appears to have completely white tail feathers and minimal yellow/brown on his breast. His back appears to be solid white.
Is it just me or do these look totally different from each other??
In pic #6 of the pair of Lights, the Roo looks very similar to a couple of my Roos.
But your picture of the difference between the Light and Dark chicks really nailed it down for me. No confusion there, I've got Darks. Yay!
Thought I'd post a couple more pics of my flock I took this morning. Note the snow in the background. We're supposed to have lows of 7-12 degrees tonight

No heat lamp for my babies, just lots of dry straw and shavings. Hope they thrive in cold climates as claimed!

The Roos have much more brown/yellow in them than appears in the pic. And then there's my oddball little pullet with the group.

 

[1muttsfan]

Wow, roosterfry, good job. And thank you for sharing your hard work.

 

[feathers4fun]

Thanks roosterfry for the great pics that help clarify between light and dark. Awesome!!