Good thinking Gary. Let us know how they turn out. I'm sure they will be supper.
Ol' Gorge
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, Gary Broadwater <garybroadwater@...> wrote:
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>      Hybrids are for one thing, egg production and eating them after two years of laying. They are not any good for anything else. Most hybrids cannot be breed pure. There is one or two I believe that are. I am doing the Gingernut Ranger Hybrid myself at this time. The first hatches will start early March. I am not using production RIR's because they are the mutts of bad breeding. I am using the Heritage RIR from the Wolford Kittle flocks with bloodlines reaching back into the 1920's. Using some of my Australian Light Sussex hens. This hybrid is supposed to produce from 300-350 eggs per year. They are very popular in the UK. By using good breeding stock, we will get a great hybrid.
>      When buying hybrids the hatchery shouldn't ship any of those roosters. They are all autosexed at hatch. You can tell the difference between the male and the females. Most hybrid chicks sex as follows, females more resemble the father and the males hatched resemble the mother. Gary
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