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Post by Ontario Chick » Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:03 am

Impressive looking chicks, nice job :)
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Post by WLLady » Tue May 03, 2016 10:07 pm

Al i have hatched 5 (maybe 6?) So far...2 non starters. I think 6 of the remaining 10 hatched overnight last night. And 2 of the 4 eggs left were chirping in the incubator not too long ago when i checked. They are gorgeous. Funny th chicks looked striped when i took them out-they were fluffed but not all completely poofy and now they definitely arent. They are gorgeous richly colored!!! I cant wait to cross them up into mine and see what happens.
There is just no comparison to the productions in this feather and down color is there.
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Post by thegawd » Thu May 05, 2016 6:00 pm

WOOOOHOOOO Kathy thats Awesome! really glad your happy with them. I just hatched a whack load more. Ill add them up soon on my making babies thread. I had one hatch thats really lighter than the other reds. I uniquely marked it so I can tell it apart later. Can't wait to see what it ends up looking like.

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Post by Robbie » Thu May 05, 2016 6:17 pm

Gawd, spill! How many? They are so cute.
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Post by Robbie » Thu May 05, 2016 6:18 pm

Gawd if they are anything like Buckeye chicks, the lighter coloured chicks tend to be lighter red as adults too.
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Post by WLLady » Fri May 06, 2016 10:01 am

Final count for the 12 from you Al, 4 non-starters and 7 in the brooder and 1 dead in shell fully formed but no internal pip. so all in all, not bad, given that they sat on my turner waiting for a full load to go into the incubator for about 2 weeks before i got them set!
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Post by thegawd » Fri May 06, 2016 10:28 am

WOOOHOOOO Kathy! thats awesome! those eggs were from my blue band breeding pen, mostly my original birds from ERP. the bigger pen on the left of the rv coop.

I changed the title of the thread from non industrial to standard bred... sounds much better and is a proper term.
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Post by WLLady » Fri May 06, 2016 10:45 am

LOL i saw that and thought....oooo new RIR topic?? LOL. I cannot wait to cross them into my lines! i will keep my lines going (my rooster just attacked my hubby for the 3rd time so he's going to have to go, but looks like i have 2 more in the grow out coop outside) separate, and cross your lines in for a third line and then probably hold some of your line separate for the time behind until i'm sure i get 2 good lines going forward.
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Post by Robbie » Sat Jul 23, 2016 12:28 pm

Not sure if this very informative link has been posted elsewhere, but there's great information here not just on RIR's: Bob Blosl's website (RIP Bob, 2013)
http://bloslspoutlryfarm.tripod.com/id67.html
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Post by thegawd » Fri Nov 25, 2016 4:00 pm

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I figured I should post the absolute best bird I produced this year, a 2016 pullet. :-)
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