Wybar Thread!!!

[Makomd]

Hey I am all for Re-Creating Long lost breeds...

Glad to see you got the badge, well deserved and thank you again for all the help.









Finally seeing some real fruit in this project.

 

[Makomd]

We are still seeing some ugly pin feathers, but a few of the updated pics of the grow outs. Still having to wait on the next molt to see how well the lacing will turn out, but some show some promise while others are likely incomplete laced.

 

[Papas Chickens]

Lets get something started here rather than https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/362967/anyone-breeding-wybars-in-the-us.
Considering there are Wybars in other places in the world, would be nice to see some pictures and have some discussion.

Im in Arizona and will be trying my luck with Wybars when they are old enough, thete only 9 weeks right now. Im going to try silver roo to a rock pullet and a rock roo to siver and gold pullets.

 

[Makomd]

Good luck and enjoy the process. You will learn so much from the project. Hopefully by next spring (possibly this fall) I will be at 100% autosexing with this years grow outs. Keep us updated.

 

[Makomd]

Figured I would add some updated pictures of the chicks we are hatching since we don't update here much. This is today's hatch. The double barred males are pretty easy to identify with their lighter down and we plan to breed toward even lighter.
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[Papas Chickens]

Do you offer free fertile eggs from your Wybars so people can get some new and better blood lines in there breeds? If so I would like some.

 

[Papas Chickens]

Sounds good, im still waiting for my birds to get to breeding age there almost 13 weeks now so almost there lol.

 

[Makomd]

Okay finally had some time to grab a few pictures of some of the more promising growouts. Still have a few more hatching and several smaller ones growing out. The whitest one seems to be fairly incomplete laced and the wing carriage is not preferred. Had more pictures of the Gold one but somehow deleted them or misplaced will look around to see if I stuffed them somewhere else in picasa.

 

[cjwaldon]

Thanks for the update Makomd. Looking good to my untrained eye. Which cross are you at, how many generations in are you?

 

[cjwaldon]

My flock got fowl pox last year and I opted to cull and start over. I wasn't able to save any offspring from my Wyandottes and haven't acquired any new one ones yet. It's awesome to see the progress you've made, but 600 chicks, wow!