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Mike Gilbert:
I was happy to see Clif showing the brown reds he got from Jim Fegan at Lucasville.   How did they look?
Some of us old timers don't believe in showing purchased birds, but I have no problem with others doing that if it helps the breed. 

Clif Redden:
Mike, I think the Brown reds Mr Fegan brought me are very nice birds. Jim brought me 5 total 3 pullets  and 2 cockerels . I usually don't show birds I buy either, however I'm pretty excited about the brown red variety and want people here in our district to get a close up look at just how beautiful  they are. Their feathers were still coming in at Arkansas but they look like they will be In good by Dec 13, I will be taking them to Shawnee  OK.  Mike there was several people that had questions about them. There were people who wanted to buy some and people that said they had never seen brown red Ameraucana's

Mike Gilbert:
I'm the most pleased with my own stock than I have been in years.   After crossing in a part-bantam to improve color years ago, size really took a hit.    And then the males are often about three shades of red: dark in the shoulders, lighter in the hackles and saddles, and yellowish at the tips of the hackles.   This year I am raising a cockerel that is one even shade throughout - now if I can just keep him alive until breeding season.   I also still have his mother or her full sister, so we'll see what happens in 2015.

Paul:
Mike, I was glad to see Clif show the purchased Brown Reds from Jim Fegan.  They are an excellent start for Clif.  If anyone here in the South Central District can make them work it will be Clif as he has had experience with the variety in another breed.  I tried some from Michael M. several years ago that didn't "pan-out"-got rid of them.

Mike Gilbert:
Thanks Paul.   It takes a lot of patience with the Brown Reds, as they only produce about 50% with the coloring you are looking for.   Kind of like breeding blue to blue.

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