[Fowlman]

All around POL apart from the young cockerel.

[Mammyshaz]

They are lovely, a credit to you. 

[Fowlman]

Ixworth

[Victorian Farmer]

I keep looking at these .Would love to no egg production .eggs make good money and they look good .I'LL do a breed each yare this time blue marran /cuckoo marran german dark egg sex linc but I do not no egg numbers .You need 200 egg avarage

[Fowlman]

They will lay 200-250 eggs a year.

[Victorian Farmer]

I no its bad but looking at the pics a legbar crossed whith these .whot a hen you would have

[Fowlman]

Ixworths lay much better than most legbars. Too many fakes out there.

[Dave C]

Nice looking birds Fowlman 

Mine are excellent layers  laying almost every day.



Almost as good as my WLH's 

[Fowlman]

Thanks Dave

[Stereo]

How do I put pics up on the forum? I've got some at 18 weeks / 16 weeks/ 12 weeks. Looking at them I see one obvious cockerel and he looks meaty. Like really tasty. The others, I just don't know. I've either been mega lucky with the amount of hens or I have to wait a little longer.

I bought any old eBay eggs, hoping to strike a good strain and I'm pleased so far. Really like the birds I have hatched. Look like proper, practical chickens. Still going to be 24 weeks for slaughter though. But that's OK with me.

[Fowlman]

When you reply click on attachments at the bottom. Look forward to your pics.

[Stereo]

Here's some of mine with Marans at same age for comparison. The bigger ones are 17 weeks and the ones on straw are 9 weeks.

[lord flynn]

they are nice looking birds-look a decent size compared to my slow growing SGs at the same age! I was quite tempted by Ixworths before I got into SGs, look practical-I was warned that there was a lot of not so good strains out there so its hopeful that you managed to get nieces ones Stereo.

[Stereo]

I couldn't really source any decent breeders locally so took a punt on some. I can always eat them if they are no good! I've got one very obvious cockerel although he hasn't really filled out yet and I think 24 weeks will be target. The rest I'm not sure yet. Either I've been very lucky with the amount of hens or they are developing more slowly.

[Fowlman]

The breed is slowly growing despite some obvious crosses out there being sold as pure. Next year should be a good year for the breed.