The Middle Tennessee Thread

[Searsmom]

Heritage and hatchery buff are totally different! Hatchery is a dimmer or lighter color buff if you look at my roo he is DARK a hatcher would be lighter and my hens are a little darker not a hole lot but a pretty big diffrence and hatchets only lay 2 years heritage can lay 2-4 years hatchery hens are kinda silver buff not like a BUFF colour

Again, what is the difference between a Heritage Buff and the American or English Buff. I know the difference between an American and an English, but what is a Heritage? Hatchery buffs do not enter this picture.

My hens are pale because they molted the middle of last summer and they always bleach out in the sun - that's why one of them looks spotted - she didn't do a complete molt. Um, and they are not silvery, they are buff. The photo in my avatar is off color because it was taken on my phone. I was more interested in the cute factor.

 

[McCoysOrps]

Again, what is the difference between a Heritage Buff and the American or English Buff. I know the difference between an American and an English, but what is a Heritage? Hatchery buffs do not enter this picture.

My hens are pale because they molted the middle of last summer and they always bleach out in the sun - that's why one of them looks spotted - she didn't do a complete molt. Um, and they are not silvery, they are buff. The photo in my avatar is off color because it was taken on my phone. I was more interested in the cute factor.

I have no idea about cute factor I know my heritage are bigger than my hatchers!

Heritage: they are not breed to brother and sisters and are not breed father to daughter or son to mother

Hatchery: they are breed like that they don't bring in new Roos or hens! Eeewwww

 

[CatMom]

There may be a thread on BYC for it.  Several BYC'ers make them.... got into chickens because of it.  Does she know about Marans eggs and Blue eggs?  They should sell them at some farmers Markets.  You don't have to have a permit to sell eating eggs since the state reps corrected the misinterpretation of the law and the intent.

You don't?!?

 

[DMRippy]

Quote:
You don't.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: Those breeding practices are common among heritage too..... part of NORMAL BREEDING of some of the best breeders in the country. Brother and sister breeding is frond on but mother to son and father to daughter enhances characteristics you want to improve. Most good breeder never introduce new blood in their lines.

 

[CatMom]

LOL. Thanks, Donna... I went back & caught up on all the posts I missed re: permits/selling eggs, etc. The ice emergency & spring break really put me behind in my BYC reading.

 

[McCoysOrps]

Those breeding practices are common among heritage too..... part of NORMAL BREEDING of some of the best breeders in the country.   Brother and sister breeding is frond on but mother to son and father to daughter  enhances characteristics you want to improve.  Most good breeder never introduce new blood in their lines.

I don't like to do it but I do some times but if I have a nice roo I'll put him with a nice hen from his babies they get better colour and get bigger

 

[DaddyBird]

Here is the definition of heritage as it applies to chickens. Hatcheries typically breed for productivity not for APA standards, even mixing in other breeds to do so. That is one reason people make the distinction between heritage and hatchery lines although they are not mutually exclusive.

http://www.livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/heritage-chicken

 

[DMRippy]

Here is the definition of heritage as it applies to chickens. Hatcheries typically breed for productivity not for APA standards, even mixing in other breeds to do so. That is one reason people make the distinction between heritage and hatchery lines although they are not mutually exclusive.

http://www.livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/heritage-chicken

I will disagree on the "not mutually exclusive" NOTHING you get from a hatchery is heritage and most of the time not pure either. They cross in WL into just about everything they sell to improve production. RIR are not RIR they are production reds..... same with NH.....

 

[McCoysOrps]

I will disagree on the "not mutually exclusive"  NOTHING you get from a hatchery is heritage and most of the time not pure either.  They cross in WL into just about everything they sell to improve production. RIR are not RIR they are production reds..... same with NH.....

Agreed