Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

I love this roo!! He is so pretty and BIG!!

What is he?? Or what is he suppose to be?

 

[holm25]

That awkward moment... Well hopefuly this means eggs soon!!

 

[holm25]

What is he?? Or what is he suppose to be? 

He is Bubba the mutt! He was the fifth chick I ever hatched!!

 

[duluthralphie]

He is Bubba the mutt! He was the fifth chick I ever hatched!!

Mutts can be the coolest birds! Look at JJ some would call him a mutt. I call him special. Or even Mr T is a mutt. But look what we can do with his genetics.

 

[jerryse]

That Rees rooster is why I asked all those questions today. It did not look Cream legbar at all to me!!! Looked like some exotic crested Silver bird.

Here is what I think . I think the judges in UK started placing winners of the light males . Competition and people are a bag of worms . Jill Rees was winning a lot . I think to consistently win silver was added to get winners .

In this country we have breeds that must be bred for winning pullet or winning Cockerel lines . You can't get both from one pen . I always wondered why they did not change the standard . I have come to realize only a few know how to do this . Likely they helped write the standard . So they win . They will sell you winning birds of both sexes but you will not produce winners . A novices will not see the difference .

 

[duluthralphie]

Here is what I think . I think the judges in UK started placing winners of the light males . Competition and people are a bag of worms . Jill Rees was winning a lot . I think to consistently win silver was added to get winners .

In this country we have breeds that must be bred for winning pullet or winning Cockerel lines . You can't get both from one pen . I always wondered why they did not change the standard . I have come to realize only a few know how to do this . Likely they helped write the standard . So they win . They will sell you winning birds of both sexes but you will not produce winners . A novices will not see the difference .

Is this also the reason the SOP's have some of the weird things in it like a 7 pound rooster? If I put both of mine on the scale I might get 7 pounds.

 

[holm25]

Mutts can be the coolest birds!    Look at JJ some would call him a mutt. I call him special.  Or even Mr T is a mutt.  But look what we can do with his genetics.

They can be!! I am going to have to pm u. I found something bad today...

 

[duluthralphie]

They can be!! I am going to have to pm u. I found something bad today...

Oh oh,,ok

 

[jerryse]

Is this also the reason the SOP's have some of the weird things in it like a 7 pound rooster? If I put both of mine on the scale I might get 7 pounds.

Not sure where they got 7 pounds . They sure did not use a scale to come up with it .

 

[jerryse]

These are Legbar hybrids . So if cream is recessive how are these not red as in crele . No silver in the hens used . So they must be golden duckwing carrying both silver and gold . So gold from the hens and silver from the male .

So this is the Legbar rooster used . Straight from Hedi in 2014 . That is a EE hen she is not silver .