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Post by d12chandler on Aug 19, 2012 18:16:12 GMT -5
I'm new to English birds. I have choc bantams. My question is, do you think English birds take the heat as good as our US birds?
don
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Post by korfuskluckers on Aug 22, 2012 1:02:01 GMT -5
Mine do just fine here in eastern Washington, the same as the american birds.
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Post by rebelyell on Oct 3, 2012 8:45:54 GMT -5
Don it seems like the choc. dont take the heat very good, but my LF. English does farily good here in the NC. heat, Of corse mine has a fan on them during the hot summer months.
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Post by reniespeeps on Jan 9, 2013 20:35:44 GMT -5
This question is more about genetics but it applies to the Gold Laced Black color for which is very popular in the English Imports... I hope it is ok to ask  Now ... I recieved a GLB roo from a friend. She has asked me for hatching eggs from that roo crossed with some of my best black hens derived from a BBS gene pool... What can she expect to get from that? Also this friend is going to take one of her GLB roos and cross it with an English Buff hen. Not mine... I don't think I would do this cross... but hey I am no expert by any means. What can she expect to get from that breeding? I am sure she plans on taking the daughters from these breedings back to a GLB roo. OH an if Black chicks can be expected to come from the GLB X Black breeding... will some of them be carriers of the lacing??? I know.. so many questions soo little time.,...lol |
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Post by korfuskluckers on Jan 10, 2013 14:21:27 GMT -5
You will get black with leakage on the males. I would go with your plan of breeding the daughters back they will carry the lacing gene. You should get a percentage of laced offspring from them.
As far as the buff. The chicks would be a mixed looking color. Breed the daughters back to your golden laced male and keep the laced offspring from the cross.
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Post by reniespeeps on Jan 10, 2013 20:47:06 GMT -5
Thank you Christina I will let Dee know. |
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Post by d12chandler on Jan 11, 2013 16:28:28 GMT -5
If you cross a GL over black, what is going to happen on the leg color?
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Post by korfuskluckers on Jan 13, 2013 13:22:20 GMT -5
I would use a male. The female offspring should have a slight cast to their legs but once you breed back to the golden laced male you will get males and females with white legs.
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Post by reniespeeps on Jan 16, 2013 10:57:47 GMT -5
This is a picture of Danny, my glb roo taken some months ago. He is maturing nicely. I plan on taking him back to some of my best black hens this spring when I can get them all set up in a breeding pen of their own.  |
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Post by bamachicken on Jan 16, 2013 12:55:57 GMT -5
He is a pretty boy Irene. His wings could be a bit tighter but breeding him to the blacks will problably improve that in the offspring. His lacing is pretty and I really love the lighter gold color on the GL
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Post by reniespeeps on Jan 16, 2013 19:10:02 GMT -5
I will be so glad when I can let him outside. Then I can get a better look at him . He is actually has more of the red look verses what Dee kept. His comb is also started to roll over. I don't have that fault in my flock soo hopefully I can breed that out too ")
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