The Rhodebar thread!

[dheltzel]

Was it the GFF colored egg contamination that caused folks to abandon their Rhodebars? Or something else?

Mine were not color contaminated. I raised and sold a lot of them, and a few Bielefelders, until I perfected my Welbars. Once I had my Welbars 100% autosexing, they proved to be better layers and much darker eggs than the Rhodebars or Biels. My space and time have limits, and they simply didn't make the cut. I can't speak to why others also abandoned them. I sure there were many different reasons.

 

[lyndon]

Once I had my Welbars 100% autosexing, they proved to be better layers and much darker eggs than the Rhodebars or Biels.

That's good to know. Thanks!
And good luck with your Webars!

 

[dannypritchett01]

That's good to know. Thanks!
And good luck with your Webars!

I'm one of the few breeders still dedicated to the Rhodebar. I still breed the original import but improved on some faults. It's a shame it died out in the USA when the Legbar got introduced and the Bielefelder.