Who is Breeding Good Quality New Hampshire Reds?

[herechickchick]

Oh I am sorry Cynthia, I just do not know why people have to be JERKS! Did she contact R.M.Presley, because there are a couple people listed on the site that work on the New Hampshires. Perhaps the other person will be more agreeable.

 

[speckledhen]

It was the Presley guy. He's in Athens, TN, a doable location for her to pick up birds, and the other guy is in OK. She lives in North Metro Atlanta and has a cabin up here about an hour from me where she comes from time to time. The Athens guy would be perfect. He just told her to check back that he might have one bird in the spring, but was apparently not thrilled by the inquiry. You'd think someone would be happy to find people interested in propagating the heritage breeds, which she may do some day when she can have a rooster.

 

[countryboy]

another gold star for helping. speckel your always so nice.
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[blue90292]

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those guys are a VERY tight nit group and are serious about bettering their stock and not selling to just anyone who emails them. i'm not saying your customer isn't a very nice person who is looking for exactly that, but i know they get emails from yahoo's all the time who are wanting their birds just for the fancy of it. i'm sure they weren't purposefully trying to be mean, just came out that way because they are so selective.

michele

 

[speckledhen]

You're probably correct about that. I told her that many specialized breeders are quite tight with their stock. In fact, later she emailed me and said he's probably just not over chatty or outgoing, so she's not angry about his reaction to her inquiry. So, no problem. It's just that I would like to see if I could find her an actual breeder of New Hampshires rather than have her get some from hatchery stock, which she is trying to avoid.

 

[ksacres]

Well, not trying to change her mind or anything, but if she's not breeding, why not "just hatchery stock"? And since she's not wanting a rooster, she could just order pullets and not have to worry about rehoming unwanted cockerals. My first birds came from a hatchery and it didn't detract from their appeal one bit

And, I could see how a breeder might not want to sell their stock to non-breeding homes. Most breeders serve spokespeople for their breed. Professional breeders put a lot of time and effort into their birds and don't always want them to go to pet homes. It works like that in a lot of species, preference is given to showing or breeding homes, often times along with a discount.

And, as a side note, often hatchery stock lays MUCH better than show birds. Production interest goes by the wayside as type and for take over.

 

[blue90292]

you know cyn, here's another thought. i wanted to get a good quality crele and couldn't find anyone to even sell me eggs. so i called the guy who tests my birds to see if he knew anyone around my area that breeds creles. my tester, being a BIG time breeder himself, had many contacts around my area and was sympathetic in that i not be taken by a backyard "ho hum" breeder.

he contacted a breeder he knew who called me back and i was able to get a beautiful trio, which, one of their offsprings, i'm planning on showing at the BBC on the 5th at texas a&m.

otherwise, i'm sure the guy in georgia will have some culls come around May. being that first hatches usually don't happen until around february, he won't know what he wants to cull until april/may. and i'm sure he culled everything back around sept/oct so all he has right now are keepers.

 

[soonerdog]

Cynthia, maybe your friend could contact the New Hampshire Breeders Club of America and get a list of members who breed and sale. Below is the information.

Soonerdog

The New Hampshire Breeders Club of America
Edgar K Mongold
918 Stuckey Rd.
Washington Court House, OH 43160
740-333-5080
e-mail: [email protected]

 

[thechickenfarmer]

I've also wanted to raise New Hampshires. I bought some eggs from someone on EBay for our local elementary school to hatch last spring but something was wrong with the incubator and none of the New Hampshires hatched

Stupidly, I felt I had too many chickens last spring and gave the only 3 New Hampshires I had to my brother-in-law ( I keep regretting it). I'm going over to see him next week, he said he has too many cockerels and I'm hoping one will be a New Hampshire with a girl or two so I can hatch some eggs.

Cyn, I'll let you know if I find any good possibilities for your friend. Jen

 

[McGoo]

Just thought I'd pipe in and say that my son is now raising New Hampshire Reds. They are sincerely the most beautiful, big and friendly birds. They've had other breeds, but none even compare to the NHRs.