Wheaten x Barred/Cuckoo hen pictures?

[OhZark Biddies]

Thanks everyone!

 

[nicalandia]

Or Niederrheiners? I guess that is lemon cuckoo, but kinda similar.View attachment 1431925

similar, but on pure wheaten the barring is not as crispt, is faded.

 

[JedJackson]

The calico princess is topaz colored and its parents are the barred Rhode Island Red cockerel and a Sussex,

I wonder how their Barred Rhode Island Reds look like..

Rhodebar improvement project roosters(Single barred, dark mahogany barring)

Those are very cool. I like them better than the rhodebars I've seen.

 

[nicalandia]

Those are very cool. I like them better than the rhodebars I've seen.

The Rhodebars that hatcheries sell are really bad quality

 

[JedJackson]

The Rhodebars that hatcheries sell are really bad quality

Yeah, I've never been tempted to try them. But the dark mahogany with barring on the birds in your picture is very striking. Those I would be tempted to try.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Who's Rhodebars are those?
I've got a few myself and I won't put down my own but WOW.

 

[nicalandia]

The male is from user Michaelf with help from Redridge stock on their inprovement projects(I was helping them out with genetics)

the last post was made by Redridge on October 2015(https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-rhodebar-thread.582327/page-296#post-15925601 )

This is a post from Michaelf(I have them on fb, I will see if they have any updates, post direct link https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-rhodebar-thread.582327/page-298#post-15999035 )

These are RB chicks that have been improved, but still have work to be done. These will be used to back cross again to RIR .( not production reds) they are a work in progress

 

[OhZark Biddies]

... but the hens look wahsed out, so the look is not quite as attractive...

Thanks again for the images, this helped me a great deal. I kept finding old threads where others were saying the same thing about the "washed out" coloring and it not being attractive, but I actually like the subtle barring and washed out look... "to each their own", I suppose.

I'm contemplating my first simple breeding project, of trying to make a "barred salmon faverolles", but just couldn't find examples of hen coloring.

My plans are:

• fav roo x barred hen
• barred F1 roo x fav hen
• barred salmon F2 roo x barred salmon F2 hen
• then select for double barred roo, and so on

 

[nicalandia]

Thanks again for the images, this helped me a great deal. I kept finding old threads where others were saying the same thing about the "washed out" coloring and it not being attractive, but I actually like the subtle barring and washed out look... "to each their own", I suppose.

I agree, while your males will be basically crele, the wheaten chick down will not lend itself to autosexing at hatch

 

[OhZark Biddies]

the wheaten chick down will not lend itself to autosexing at hatch

I’d read that would be the case (likely from one of your older posts) , but for me it’s not an issue.

Thanks for the info!