I had thought about testing them in a long tall aviary with high perches. Seeing which ones can get up so high and which ones stay on the ground for the night. Of course doing it when it's nice out and not cold.
So like RIR roo x WL hen. Then cross the offspring with a cubalaya roo. Then take the white pattern red "Something" F1 roos and hens and breed those to get F2 and so on?
Nevermind I figured out how I did it again! I did wheaten maran (BPG/Wh) roo x white pattern red columbian(E^wh/E^wh) which made a white pattern red incomplete columbian and bred back to the wheaten maran roo giving me a 1/16 chance to get the white pattern red wheaten.
Once I have a white...
Ok I'm trying to recreate the white pattern red wheaten on the calculator and for some reason I can't get back to it. What am I doing wrong? I typed in Rhode island red and wheaten maran getting this.
Since cubalaya hens are the same color as the wheaten marans and cubalaya roosters are the same color as the RIR do you think I could just breed them to white leghorns and get the same color I wanted?
What's a good adult wing size for generating lift in comparison to say a 5lbs bird? Just wanting to know what general size in comparison to weight I should look for.
Does anyone sell Heritage Rhode island red eggs or Heritage wheaten maran hatching eggs? And can I buy some from you sometime? I'm looking for good hearty birds with good immune systems and which I can give minimal medication or vaccines to. Birds that are healthy enough to survive in tough...