Trying to decide if Red Goldens are right for me!!!

[Robo]

What happened to the old ones?

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

We still have them

 

[Robo]

So you don't have all pure stock....

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

They are just going to be my pets!

I will breed them, and keep the chicks.

 

[JJMR794]

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HECTOR PRICES ARE REGIONAL THINGS BUT IT SEEMS A TAD STEEP TO ME... MOST RG'S GO FOR AROUND 20-25 EA. I KNOW TONY KT HAS SOME MUCH MORE REASONABLE THAN THAT... BUT IF YOU ARE PICKING THEM UP IT SAVES THE HORRIBLE SHIPPING FEES. ( IF YOU ARE SHIPPING THEM SEND TONY A PM AND ASK HIM BEOFRE YOU ORDER)

2010 BIRDS WILL LAY THIS YEAR THO FERTILITY MAY BE A LIL LACKING? UNTIL FULLY COLORED OUT YOU WONT BE SURE THEY ARE TRUE RG'S OR MUTTS (THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE SO BE CAREFUL!)

THEY WONT FULLY COLOR OUT (MALES WONT- HENS DONT CHANGE) UNTIL ALMOST OR RIGHT AT 2 YRS OLD.... THIS MAKES IT EASY TO DUPE FOLKS WITH MUTTS.. A COMMON OCCURANCE WITH THIS SPECES. BECUASE BY THE TIME THEY KNOW ITS A MUTT THE SELLER CAN BE LONG GONE. ALSO THERE HAS BEEN A BUNCH OF CROSSBREEDING THESE WITH LADY AMHURSTS... SO MUCH SO IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO FIND PURE LINES THESE DAYS THIS AND THE FACT THAT THERE HAVENT BEEN ANY NEW LINES COMING INTO THE COUNTRY TO SPEAK OF FOR A LONG TIME... MAKES FOR A MUDDY GENE POOL. I RECOMMEND BUYING FROM A GOOD REPUTATBLE SMALL BREEDER RATHER THAN UNKNOWNS OR LARGE "BOX STORE" LIKE BREEDERS/ DISTRIBUTORS.