Old Charlie

This time of year don't actually soak them put enough water on them to keep them moist and feed them when they start to sprout,your birds will love them and they are a great feed and do them in stages not all at once or you will end up with a solid entangled bucket of sprouted oats , Regards Old Charlie.

Hi, Looks like an Oxford dark grey pair,and the other pullet to the right looks like a standard asil pullet, All the best Old Charlie.

I did a little experiment by taking a cock from a hen,the pair had been together for over a month I then let the hen lay out dated all the eggs then put them in an incubator there was 23 eggs only 8 were fertile and the last 11 she laid were all clear but only tried this once so not saying it would happen all the time,but have read in a few books that the hen would be clear in 2-3 weeks The book bullx mentioned is prob Atkinsons book and I find that very hard to believe and occasionally the other colour thrown can be thrown from generations down the line possibly before Atkinson had the strai

The stag looks henny feathered,which side is the henny blood on? Thanks,Charlie.

I would personally be cautious of the purity of any game strain laying a tinted blue egg and I have personally never seen any Spanish strain that lays one,but have seen them come henny,tasselled,muffed and rumpless the friend I mentioned earlier had some rumpless black reds but there is something about them that's just not right he has a lot of Spanish birds and they come in a large array of colours,generally even though very uniform and virtually identical in hand they don't breed true in colour and even if mating a black red cock to a partridge hen most any colour can be thrown probably due

The doctor on the Isle of White had what was basically the last of the Atkinson Spanish a trio off Parsons and a pair off Major Williams,the birds off Parsons consisted of a bright red cock with white in tail and wings a black spurred hen and a partridge hen,the Williams pair a black breasted orange red cock and a partridge hen,the cocks would go between 3.8lb -4.4lb though the bigger ones were less active, the colours were crow winged dark and orange reds black breasted reds and some whites the hens black,lemon hackled black,partridge and white usually with spurs. He kept this strain going p

Don't think anyone said they could see Carlisle blood in your stag,but you said you didn't think your birds would fair well in the show pens as they are broader in the chest than the show types,I was stating that these are the types of bird that a lot of people show at the Midland and most Oxford breeders would also agree with me that a lot of showmen have infused Carlisle blood into Oxfords for the show pen it is a well known fact,although I have heard that at the moment they are trying to get back to the proper type and the standard of birds is improving it was also said that one very succe

I agree with duckwing,that stag is of the type they seem to prefer at shows such as the Midland where that broader type of bird seems to do better,a lot of birds there look like they have a fair amount of Carlisle blood in them.

Didn't realise Ruble Greys came yellow legged all the ones I have seen before came slate legged and 100% straight comb look nice though

Was reading this thread and saw the argument about what was said about the Ruble Hatch,actually Red Richardson told the Doc that Ruble's Hatch were nothing until he used his fathers blood,and in a history of game strains I read about Ruble's,it said there was two sides to the ruble fowl a green legged side rough and powerful that fought right on the ground excellent cutters that would throw a muff every now and then,the other a blue legged side that would break to the lights,and throw a toppy every now and then, the writer went on to say he learned from Billy the blue legged side carried a lit

Looks like she could have been knocked about by another hen ,but those crusty bits look like she has been egg eating.