The Rhodebar thread!

[TNBEARCHICK]

We have 4 pullets 2 laying, one close. They lay 10 eggs per week but they didn't start until about 30 days ago. They were laying 12 a week but got lazy during this nasty weather.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I put 13 eggs in lockdown and hatched 11 pullets 2 roos.....that have been kind to me with pullets so far. every hatch but one has been pullet heavy.

We have 4 pullets 2 laying, one close. They lay 10 eggs per week but they didn't start until about 30 days ago. They were laying 12 a week but got lazy during this nasty weather.

Wohoo, awesome.

 

[nicalandia]

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I see some Heterozygous e+/eWh chicks in that group, and the yellow chicks dont look like males to me, they could be full whaten or e+/eWh wheatens that look mostly wheatens

 

[RedRidge]

So were these an F1 cross or rb?
If they are rb it looks like you may have 5 or 6 keepers. I would cull the rest.
If they are F1 and you have any head spots on a darker chicken I would keep that male.

 

[RedRidge]

Ortluk... One thing you forgot to mention is that quality RIR are very hard to come by. Waiting lists are years out.

Dmrippy... I'm not so confident you have the sex ratio you think... May want to band each chicken and document. I see no white head spots so... If there are any males in there they are not displaying strong autosexed characteristics. There may be some hiding though... Hard to tell from the pic.

 

[DMRippy]

the 2 yellow chicks are 100% males with head spots. and test a few are keepers. I have not missed sexing these chicks yet.

 

[DMRippy]

I know the original birds I got looked more wheaten at hatch. the roo I have is not related to the pullets. and one pullet is from papa brooders. I thing the others are throwing the more wheaten looking chicks. I know they need work.....

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

I see some Heterozygous e+/eWh chicks in that group, and the yellow chicks dont look like males to me, they could be full whaten or e+/eWh wheatens that look mostly wheatens

Just learning here...so you mean the lighter striped ones are heterozygous and you think these are not "pure" Rhodebar?

 

[nicalandia]

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the ones with a blured striped on their back dont look 100% e+/e+ the can be e+/eWh, some of this chicks(e+/eWh) can look ver chipmunk like or very wheaten like, its the nature of the wheaten gene.....

 

[nicalandia]

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I need to see closer look at the Yellow chicks.... Homozygous Barring is incapable of turning gold based chick down into yellow, but it could also be the lighting