The Rhodebar thread!

[melroseladi]

We have found it helpful with shipped eggs to keep them still (to turning) for the first 48 hours of incubation and to hatch upright in cartons.

That is how I hatch my shipped eggs as well.

Penny

 

[melroseladi]

I am a little confused about the black in the male chest. I thought I read several posts about this and they said no black in chest. I found the British standards and in the last line it says "white and black". Most of my young males have black in the chest. What is the American standard? or is there one? Please help me with this. Thanks!


The Poultry Club of Great Britain Breed Standard for the Rhodebar

COLOUR
Plumage, Male: Hackle deep red-gold barred, with centres black and grey-white barred, the black centre portions rather longer than the grey-white; the front of the cape showing less black, the feathers towards the tips of the cape lying on the back showing wider black and grey-white barring. Wing primaries, lower web red-gold, faintly barred, upper grey and white barred, slightly gold tinted; secondaries, the whole alternately black, white and gold barred, lower web showing more gold; flight coverts very bright red-gold and white barred, tips red-gold. Wing bows very brilliant chestnut red and gold barred. Tail, including sickles, uniform black and white barring from tip to base, including the shaft. Tips black. Saddle hackle deed red-gold and grey-white and narrower black barring towards the tips. Back and saddle deep red-gold barred, with occasional black bars towards the end of the feathers. Undercolour light creamy buff. Breast uniformly barred, deep red-gold and creamy white and black.

Bolded by me. The key here is uniformly barred, deep red-gold, etc. If all you are seeing is mostly black then that is to much black, which many have. IMO, those are the ones you don't want to breed from unless of course you have absolutely no choice, but then you must cull hard and only move on in your breeding program with better roosters with each generation.

Penny

 

[melroseladi]

So newer pics of my 4 babies.

Love baby chicks. I still would focus on those two middle ones, obvious male and female, to use as your breeders.

Penny

 

[nicalandia]

Bolded by me. The key here is uniformly barred, deep red-gold, etc. If all you are seeing is mostly black then that is to much black, which many have. IMO, those are the ones you don't want to breed from unless of course you have absolutely no choice, but then you must cull hard and only move on in your breeding program with better roosters with each generation.

Penny

I agree

 

[mrshawman]

Not very good pic but you can see the black

 

[RedRidge]

So newer pics of my 4 babies.

Because the entire hatch wasn't easily autosexed I'd use the male and female in the middle and cull the other two.

 

[RedRidge]

 
I am a little confused about the black in the male chest. I thought I read several posts about this and they said no black in chest. I found the British standards and in the last line it says "white and black". Most of my young males have black in the chest. What is the American standard? or is there one? Please help me with this. Thanks!


The Poultry Club of Great Britain Breed Standard for the Rhodebar

[COLOR=000000]COLOUR[/COLOR]
[COLOR=000000]Plumage, Male: Hackle deep red-gold barred, with centres black and grey-white barred, the black centre portions rather longer than the grey-white; the front of the cape showing less black, the feathers towards the tips of the cape lying on the back showing wider black and grey-white barring. Wing primaries, lower web red-gold, faintly barred, upper grey and white barred, slightly gold tinted; secondaries, the whole alternately black, white and gold barred, lower web showing more gold; flight coverts very bright red-gold and white barred, tips red-gold. Wing bows very brilliant chestnut red and gold barred. Tail, including sickles, uniform black and white barring from tip to base, including the shaft. Tips black. Saddle hackle deed red-gold and grey-white and narrower black barring towards the tips. Back and saddle deep red-gold barred, with occasional black bars towards the end of the feathers. Undercolour light creamy buff. Breast uniformly barred, deep red-gold and creamy white and black.[/COLOR]

Bolded by me. The key here is uniformly barred, deep red-gold, etc. If all you are seeing is mostly black then that is to much black, which many have. IMO, those are the ones you don't want to breed from unless of course you have absolutely no choice, but then you must cull hard and only move on in your breeding program with better roosters with each generation.

Penny

well said Penny

 

[RedRidge]

Not very good pic but you can see the black

how old is he? Hard to tell but I don't think he has too much black unless he is very young

 

[mrshawman]

4 Months

 

[melroseladi]

Not very good pic but you can see the black

When I blow up the pic his barring looks pretty uniform, I see the gold, white, and black bars which appear to be pretty equal at this point. Just watch him as he grows but I agree with Sheri at this point he doesn't appear to have to much black.

Penny