Creating my own chicken breed - Steinahons

[Steinagarden]

I have decided to take out black skin from the project for now. It is just too much to work with having both the buff columbian deep colour, barring for sexing and the dark brown eggs. I can consider the dark skin into the breed if my AC/Bielefelder lay dark enough eggs but this would really surprise me as the AC lay very pale eggs. I think I will loose til much egg colour having black skin into the project and it will take me several extra years and combinations. But I have not decided 100% yet!

I really want the colour of the eggs to be good, I dont want tan. I know I probably never will get them copper Maran dark, but I want them at least as dark as my Bielefelder and Lohman Brown.

Lohmann Brown egg colour:

Bielefelder:

I have another olive egger project going on as well. I have both Ayam Cemani/Bielefelder and Ayam Cemani/Creme Legbar chickens now, the first one was originally for Steinahons and the second for a project I have called Melan Moss. This is a breed that will produce moss green eggs and also have barring, in the colour isabella with black skin and a pea comb.

Maybe I should post a presentation for this breed project as well if people find my updates interesting?

 

[AZHomesteadPoultry]

I'm Jealous of your strain of Bielefelder's. So far what I've been able to find here in the states are pretty poor quality. My Biel hens lay maybe every third day, and their eggs are medium sized and pointed. decent shell strength and color, but not what i would call up to breed standard. they are also small for the breed, most of my hens weighing between 5-6 lbs and my rooster is maybe 8lbs.