Cackle hatchery has themthis thread is an amazing wealth of information. I love it so much. Is anyone still involved in heritage reds still here? Im wanting to add some great quality into my flock. It’s really difficult to locate anyone, been scouring the internet for days.
How are.those.red birds of yours coming along?
A well-known Leghorn breeder and poultry judge, Mr.Richard Holmes, used to tell a story about a master breeder of White Leghorns who in his early years hired an older poultry judge to come and cull his flock. The old judge locked himself in the poultry house and started catching and killing Leghorns. The story goes that the discards came fast and heavy. When the judge was finished the breeder had only one trio left out of 150 birds. The breeder later commented that from that day forward he made progress!
GOod day,Thanks Bob for the kind words.
I just took a few shots of my Underwood's. They were 20 weeks old last Saturday. Seems that this RC boy is going to have a pretty nice looking RC. I just love the color on these birds and the size of these pullets is super. These are the birds that I hatched from eggs from Jim Heinz. My chicks directly from Gary are just 7 weeks old.
This little bantam girl decided she wanted to be a momma so I let her set on her eggs but she only hatched out 1 little one Easter Sunday. lol Too Sweet.
Yes they are slow to get the full RIR bulk and feather. Second year males look really good.
Genetics are a river that never stops flowing. People cruelly cull birds en masse for superficial traits such as appearance while unseen genetics are washed away unnoticed.
