Sumatra Thread!

[zach N houdan]

Oh don't worry I know where you got your beautiful sumatra's from , I was asking Coop Scoop Boogie where he is going to get his from.  

Oh i know, I was just adding to what u said about Tom

 

[championsumatra]

Sumatra males and splash hen.

A 7 month old blue cockerel out of my best blue male and female.





Quote: He really helped me out a lot too. I will never forget his kindness.

 

[dsfrango]

Champion-I'm just going to mix them in with my birds.

Coop Scoot- I now have 3 Roos and 6 hens. All are black except the 1 new blue roo addition....

Zack-I am really enjoying showing and meeting other poultry fanciers especially with interests in the same breeds as me! ill check to see how far of a drive that would be for me. If it's in jersey it may be about 3-4hrs for me. I may just be willing to do that! That would be great to meet you guys too!

 

[zach N houdan]

Champion-I'm just going to mix them in with my birds.

Coop Scoot- I now have 3 Roos and 6 hens. All are black except the 1 new blue roo addition....

Zack-I am really enjoying showing and meeting other poultry fanciers especially with interests in the same breeds as me! ill check to see how far of a drive that would be for me. If it's in jersey it may be about 3-4hrs for me. I may just be willing to do that! That would be great to meet you guys too!

Ya it's in Augusta NJ if you look on Poultry show central.com it will list the address and date

 

[championsumatra]

Quote: I would be careful breeding to much blue with your blacks. If you breed it to much of that breeding it will lead to the black color turning dull over time as well as the green sheen being barred with purple. The lighter the rooster the faster that will happen. I bred a dark blue rooster with a black hen. I could see a slight difference in the under color in one generation, he was such a dark rooster that he had a green sheen to him.

 

[zach N houdan]

I agree with champ. U may want to buy a blue hen from him or another breeder or possibly a splash hen. Splash are the best because u can cross them with blacks and get 100% blue and if u cross a splash with a blue u will get 25% black 25% splash and 50% blue!

 

[championsumatra]

I found a wonderful website about soft and hard feathering on different chicken breeds. I read that sumatras are suppose to have soft light feathering. I checked on several different web sites and so far they are saying the same thing.


http://iowpoultryclub.piczo.com/poultryclassificationsforshowing?cr=5&linkvar=000044

 

[dsfrango]

I would be careful breeding to much blue with your blacks. If you breed it to much of that breeding it will lead to the black color turning dull over time as well as the green sheen being barred with purple. The lighter the rooster the faster that will happen. I bred a dark blue rooster with a black hen. I could see  a slight difference in the under color in one generation, he was such a dark rooster that he had a green sheen to him.   

Thank you for the info, I didn't know that. Now I'm second thinking adding him in I'd like to work on the blacks primarily so maybe I shouldn't introduce the blue.... I have 2 other breeds I'm working with so I don't have space to divide up another color. Darn. The guy also had some amazing black Roos that I missed the opportunity to get then

 

[ramirezframing]

Thank you for the info, I didn't know that. Now I'm second thinking adding him in I'd like to work on the blacks primarily so maybe I shouldn't introduce the blue.... I have 2 other breeds I'm working with so I don't have space to divide up another color. Darn. The guy also had some amazing black Roos that I missed the opportunity to get then

Maybe he will be willing to swap a black rooster for the blue rooster.

 

[BGMatt]

I found a wonderful website about soft and hard feathering on different chicken breeds. I read that sumatras are suppose to have soft light feathering. I checked on several different web sites and so far they are saying the same thing.


http://iowpoultryclub.piczo.com/poultryclassificationsforshowing?cr=5&linkvar=000044

"several different websites" aren't really what matters though. What matters is the Standard, what does it say?