Making Lemonade [Selective Culling Project - very long term]

[Fallenone05]

It looked like an egg to me, too.
But I didn't think about how big it was relative to the chicken, just idly wondered why someone would take a photo of a male chicken with an egg.

Honestly my exact thoughts

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I've glanced at Bielefs, but all the pics I see online from the hatcheries show them with a LOT of black in them, males particuarly - which gives me pause. Rate of lay would be in an acceptable range, at least. I'll give it more thought.

 

[NatJ]

I've glanced at Bielefs, but all the pics I see online from the hatcheries show them with a LOT of black in them, males particuarly - which gives me pause. Rate of lay would be in an acceptable range, at least. I'll give it more thought.

Genetically, I think they are the Black Breasted Red pattern (maybe with gold instead of an actual red shade), overlaid with white barring.

For the males, that black should be mostly in the tail and breast, with a lot of the upper parts of the chicken being red or gold.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Genetically, I think they are the Black Breasted Red pattern (maybe with gold instead of an actual red shade), overlaid with white barring.

For the males, that black should be mostly in the tail and breast, with a lot of the upper parts of the chicken being red or gold.

Says a bit more about the hatchery than the breed, then?

etc...

 

[MysteryChicken]

Says a bit more about the hatchery than the breed, then?
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That coloration is normal for a Duckwing X Barred hen.

 

[NatJ]

Says a bit more about the hatchery than the breed, then?

Your previous post commented on the males, but now you're showing pictures of females?

I agree, those females have quite a bit of black on their backs.

But adding the Columbian gene (probably already in your stock, tracing back to the red sexlinks) would clear out a bunch of the black on their backs.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Not what I am looking for in pattern for my grounds, unfortunately.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Would New Hampshire's work? They don't have much of a pattern, but they're red, & large.
https://www.meyerhatchery.com/New-Hampshire-Red-Day-Old-Chicks-p186331219

 

[Appalachian homestead]

I believe the beilefelder was created by crossing barred rock and welsummer

 

[U_Stormcrow]

If I were to order from Ideal, Partridge Rocks and maybe some Welsummers.