GreggKznSA
Chirping
- Mar 29, 2020
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A fantastically detailed post that explains it all! Thank You.
My personal favourite is the female from New Hampshire x Light Sussex which throws a delightful Buff Hen that we call a Buff Blacktail Layer.
My second choice is is the RIR x Light Sussex that throws a darker Female - lets call them Brown Blacktail Layers (or Chocolate Blacktail Layers for those with a need for a fancy name).
We source our Day Olds from a Breeder of Show Quality Birds in the KZN Midlands, so we know we can rely on their quality.
These are such gorgeous girls with lovely temperaments and we are now aiting for them to start laying to determine their egg production abilities. We are heading into winter and do not use supplementary lighting so not an ideal time to be assessing their production abilities.
An interesting observation is that some of our BBL's have yellow legs and others pale/pink, which we attribute to either the RIR male gene or the LS female gene. RIR lay brown eggs and LS pale eggs, so it is going to be interesting to see whether the egg color will match the feet color!
Can't wait for the results.
My personal favourite is the female from New Hampshire x Light Sussex which throws a delightful Buff Hen that we call a Buff Blacktail Layer.
My second choice is is the RIR x Light Sussex that throws a darker Female - lets call them Brown Blacktail Layers (or Chocolate Blacktail Layers for those with a need for a fancy name).
We source our Day Olds from a Breeder of Show Quality Birds in the KZN Midlands, so we know we can rely on their quality.
These are such gorgeous girls with lovely temperaments and we are now aiting for them to start laying to determine their egg production abilities. We are heading into winter and do not use supplementary lighting so not an ideal time to be assessing their production abilities.
An interesting observation is that some of our BBL's have yellow legs and others pale/pink, which we attribute to either the RIR male gene or the LS female gene. RIR lay brown eggs and LS pale eggs, so it is going to be interesting to see whether the egg color will match the feet color!
Can't wait for the results.