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by shaded » Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:09 pm
la-chicken wrote:QR_BBPOST shaded wrote:QR_BBPOST nice work la-chicken!
I am concentrating on breadth this year for my stock. I have good low pea combs and yellow legs so Ethan's last suggestions for me were to concentrate on length & breadth of body frame.
Adding some of Lay stock a few years back helped a lot.
But, DO NOT over look the skull width! Wide skulls create wide bodies. The skull is the power house to the whole bird.
Wider skull= wider body. You will never get large frame birds with a narrow skull.
But, you need to look at the Buckeye and make sure it is balanced. Longer back and wider girth can create a non-balanced bird. And that can never work.
I have found with breeding Buckeyes you need to consider the whole bird. And conditioning and feed is extremely important.
yes same as the dark cornish :)
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