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Mike Gilbert:

--- Quote from: John --- . . . The wheatens need some serious out crossing to other varieties (black is my choice...buff is Mike\'s) within the breed to give them the standard size and type that the blacks, whites and buffs have.      
--- End quote ---


John\'s buff\'s do have good size.   The reason my choice is buff to improve wheatens is because I doubt you could ever get all the black out of the male wheaten hackles after a cross to blacks.   Buffs should actually help remove the black hackle striping.  Buff\'s egg color may not be as good as blacks in most cases, but wheaten egg color is generally quite good, so can be bred back to that.    Buff and wheaten are closer, genetically, as both are based on the same e locus gene, which is e^Wh.  

Jess:
Evening,
Today I just traded for 2 nice wheaten hens that came from Mr. Paul Smith. My good friend Mr. David Waldrop had ordered these from Mr. Smith back in the spring.
I have put these 2 hens in with a blue wheaten rooster from Mr. Wayne Merdith stock. I hope to increase the size on these.
I hope that hybrid vigor will kick in and I can get bigger and stronger chicks.

Jess:
Evening,
You can\'t help but like this beard on this boy.
This is a few shots of my breeding pens.
Thanks
Jess

Paul:
Our start of wheatens and blue wheatens came from
Wayne Meredith, Sept. 25, 1999, while we were at a show in
Belvedere, IL.

Mike Gilbert:
Paul, you either have a real good memory or keep really good records.   Both are important!   I remember that day also, but wouldn\'t be able to pinpoint the date like that.

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