The Rhodebar thread!

[Ihilani Coffee]

Then



Now



He is in a breeding pen with 2 HRIR hens (was 3 but lost a hen who was setting on eggs). Put a dozen of their eggs in the incubator last night.

Penny

Mahalo for the then/now...all my RB are 6 weeks old right now. I'm getting an 8 mo. old pair next week though...

 

[ortluk]

Quote: What I would recommend Is doing 2 pens of pullets, with pullets that are selected staying with the maternal flock and selecting cocks from the other pen. so each pen is producing cocks for the other pen. They would be related but not too closely to breed from. Then when you need to intro new blood you do a couple Hrir outcrosses.

 

[RedRidge]

Oh I already have multiple pens and lines... Just the long term limits I have to set on myself. ;-)

Of the first 8 eggs 6 have hatched... 4 pullets, 2 cockerels.
Several still in bator so will post pics later when they are dry.

 

[ortluk]

Well guys her's an update on my attempted hatch. 0% hatched, a couple showed some development but it looks like they all died in the first few days so no rhodebars for me yet. the Hrirs I set with them also didn't hatch, nor develop much.

 

[RedRidge]

Awe... so sorry... :-(
I wish you weren't so far away.
If you're in this neck of the woods at all let me know, I'll fix you up. Shipping that far is just too dicey.

 

[tdhenson86]

My Rhodebar pullet laid her first egg yesterday!

 

[RedRidge]

My Rhodebar pullet laid her first egg yesterday!

Yeah! !!!! We chicken folks get excited about the strangest things don't we?

 

[tdhenson86]

My Rhodebar pullet laid her first egg yesterday!

Yeah! !!!! We chicken folks get excited about the strangest things don't we?

Ha ha! Oh my, yes!!! Most people would say, so your chicken laid an egg? Ummm... Isn't that their whole purpose.

 

[RedRidge]

These are the pure that hatched today... the F1s hatch in a few weeks...

 

[hillfloweranch]

well I read every page up to page 63...but I must say I'm a bit horrified to know that Greenfire farms is charging so much for birds that are obviously not producing
true Rhodebar "type" delivering instead birds that are laying green/blue eggs and such.
The fact that they continue to deny this mistake and insist their birds are "pure" is fraud. The standard seems clear as do the look
of chicks that papabrooder was producing. I do hope they've corrected their error as most people (myself included) don't know a lot about the genetics aspect. I applaud the continued
and gracious efforts of Niclandia on teaching the genetic component to us because it's clear that Greenfire Farms is unwilling to admit serious error on their part and make it right.

I had been reading about these birds and thought about breeding/hatching some but I'm not only concerned about spending my hard earned money on a breed that is being
misrepresented by Greenfire Farms to such a degree that they continue to sell (at high cost). But will in the future avoid purchasing anything from them.
If this were a horse (and I know horse genetics better than chicken genetics) I would be livid!
I hope it has been resolved and wish the best to everyone that are going forward with their Rhodebar programs.