Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

Sadly one of the nice Red Dorking cockerels has a cross beak, he is getting processed next Tuesday. Not breeder material. He sure seems to chow down the pellets, he is a good size. That leaves one keeper male Dorking out of 3. The other has the wrong color to be a Red. Nice boy, the largest.

What does the wrong colored one look like?

 

[Parront]

What does the wrong colored one look like?

He has gold instead of red on his neck hackles. He might be a different color that is acceptable to the Dorking breeders, but there is one nice Red boy that I want to keep.

 

[BlueBaby]

He has gold instead of red on his neck hackles. He might be a different color that is acceptable to the Dorking breeders, but there is one nice Red boy that I want to keep.

Interesting, do you have a picture of that one with the gold hackles?

 

[Parront]

Interesting, do you have a picture of that one with the gold hackles?

Here are a couple I just went and took. He is a good boy, just standing there while I take photos. Very calm. Nice big Dorking feet with 5 toes. He is going to be a big boy when he grows up. Hatched 5/4/21. The last one is with his Red hatch mates.

 

[Parront]

Interesting, do you have a picture of that one with the gold hackles?

You might recognize the little carrier that I brought the NNs home with.

 

[BlueBaby]

Here are a couple I just went and took. He is a good boy, just standing there while I take photos. Very calm. Nice big Dorking feet with 5 toes. He is going to be a big boy when he grows up. Hatched 5/4/21. The last one is with his Red hatch mates.

I wonder what chick's would look like with him bred to this NN/Aloha mixed pullet that I'm growing out? I don't want to be breeding her to her brother later on, just in case this new rooster end's up not working out or I need new gene's.

 

[BlueBaby]

@Parront The pullet I'm talking about look's red like her NN mother.

 

[Parront]

I wonder what chick's would look like with him bred to this NN/Aloha mixed pullet that I'm growing out? I don't want to be breeding her to her brother later on, just in case this new rooster end's up not working out or I need new gene's.

He is grey underneath, and has some red feathers on his back, a little splotchy, might be interesting mixed with an Aloha NN?!

 

[BlueBaby]

He is grey underneath, and has some red feathers on his back, a little splotchy, might be interesting mixed with an Aloha NN?!

I'd be willing to try it with this red NN/Aloha pullet that I have. I might even cross him with the Lakeshore Egger pullet for some green egg laying future cross chick's. The Silver Grey Dorking cockerel that was here before was so mellow.

 

[Parront]

@Parront The pullet I'm talking about look's red like her NN mother.

You might get red and black body color. Here is another pic of him. He was sitting on my lap, you have to love their personalities!