Plymouth Rock thread!

[DMRippy]

O.K., thanks. I have to go take some pics now, all of my first generation pullets have lacing and all of the cockerels are barred. I thought that is what you are supposed to get with a splash over barred?? The splash cockerel came from Halo. I thought your blues were from her too?? ......stan
Quote: I have never been able to get any from Halo... they came through the grapevine from Original Halo eggs. Mine came from a Barred Roo x blue and splash pullets. This is the result. Not sure how the lacing is getting on your pullets. I would love to see that! I would love to have some laced pullets, but mostly I need a Blue or Black roo

Been looking for over a year and NO LUCK on eggs or Roos. I am down to just 2 hens 1 blue and 1 splash. Taking the LONG ROAD to make my own Black or Blue Roo. I need to get on that now, but the hen is not laying.

 

[tigercreek]

This is the first cross of the Halo splash roo over my GS barred pullets. I just got rid of 20 cockerels that I was picking from. I still have 8 or so that are a few months younger that this guy. ;

 

[DMRippy]

This is the first cross of the Halo splash roo over my GS barred pullets. I just got rid of 20 cockerels that I was picking from. I still have 8 or so that are a few months younger that this guy. ;

WOW that is nice lacing..... I NEED SOME OF THOSE! Are you going to put them with a Solid Blue Roo? What are you going to do with those now that you have them is what I am getting at??????????

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

The SOP calls for solid blue birds to be "distinctively laced with glossy black". Looks like you have a really good start. It is my understanding that the lacing comes from a combination of the pattern gene and the columbian gene. Perhaps the GS Barreds are carrying the columbian gene and that is where the lacing is coming from

Good job!!

 

[DMRippy]

Do partridge rocks carry that?

 

[tigercreek]

WOW that is nice lacing..... I NEED SOME OF THOSE! Are you going to put them with a Solid Blue Roo? What are you going to do with those now that you have them is what I am getting at??????????

I'm thinking I'll spend a lot of time just looking at 'em.

I have kept the ones with the best lacing and size, and will breed them to a blue barred cockerel, just to get a splash cockerel for the next years breeding pen. My only breeding ambition with them is to keep the lacing, increase the size and egg laying. I really would like to get the leg color to where it is supposed to be. You seem to have been able to get a yellow leg on a blue bird. I may try some of the GSBRs from the line Jeremy has. He seems to have done some improving on legs I will continue to breed the GSBR hens with a splash roo from this line to produce the same thing, sex linked -blue laced pullets , blue barred cockerels. I just like the blues, and hope to have a layer flock of them that will be better producers.....hope I can get close to Halo's egg layers with these, ,,,stan

 

[tigercreek]

As far as I know, all of Halo's blue girls are laced. Maybe it came from the roo, I don't know where the blue in her line came from.
.....stan

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Do partridge rocks carry that?

Partridge rocks do carry the pattern gene for lacing....Dick Horstman has some very nice ones.

 

[tigercreek]

All of the pullets from this breeding are laced, and all of the cockerels are barred. Never seen a laced cockerel like you would find in Partridge. They do seen to get better lacing when they come from a crisply barred bird like the GSBRs. Scott, do you still have the Stukel birds? If so, how is the leg color on them?? ...stan

 

[kathyinmo]

All of the pullets from this breeding are laced, and all of the cockerels are barred. Never seen a laced cockerel like you would find in Partridge. They do seen to get better lacing when they come from a crisply barred bird like the GSBRs. Scott, do you still have the Stukel birds? If so, how is the leg color on them?? ...stan

Here is a Stukel cockerel..... recent picture.