Our Homemade Breeds 2

This cockerel is brother to the hens above. They were hatched together. I am cautious not to call it Hy-Line cock since I understand Hy-Line cocks are not necessary brown in colour. Nonetheless, I patiently wait to see what offspring it will give us. The legs and neck are such tall not be confused with anything. It is simply in a class of its own. In fact, it is improved on a similar we had last time.

Our Homemade Breeds 1

Today, I would like to introduce you to some of the chicken cross breeds we have managed to come up with at Upile Poultry (upilefarm.blogspot.com; fb.me/upilepoultryandlivestock) over the years. I prefer to call some of these absolutely pure, for they do have any difference from what is considered pure breed. In other words, after repeated crossing we have reached the point of producing pure breeds. The others are what I call half castes. They take traits of both parents or dominantly those of one. I would like to make it clear that our idea for crossing is simply to improve meat and egg production – not to come up with some new breed, something like upileloiler. That’s not the idea. That’s why we maintain pure breeds for pure breeding separately, and bring in new males/females time and again to avoid mutation.

What you see here is a Hy-Line hen. As you can see, its size, colour, and, yes, indeed, the egg and docility are Hy-Line. This is about 6 months old and started laying last month. There are just two of them, apart from the young ones.

Change of Focus

Dear reader, Please note that from now onward, I've decided to dedicate this blog to Upile Poultry and Livestock. This is a farm I'm operating aside from the profession you know me for - journalism. For journalism and media issues, I shall maintain georgekalungwe.wordpress.com. Please keep following.