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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: sokel on September 11, 2013, 08:43:29 pm

Title: Hubbard Question
Post by: sokel on September 11, 2013, 08:43:29 pm

As you know we got 50 Hubbards a couple of weeks ago, They are doing great and growing like weeds  Now that they are nearly feathered up we have noticed that we have 3 Brown ones   :-\ Any ideas ?  all of the others are white and the whites are slightly bigger than the brown 3

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: bloomer on September 11, 2013, 08:45:22 pm

i have seen several people with hubbards with either an odd brown one or even patchy brown white ones, i guess its some throwback to the original crosses that make up the hubbards...

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: sokel on September 11, 2013, 08:52:12 pm

Thanks for that, makes sense really

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: Rosemary on September 11, 2013, 08:52:28 pm

There are different strains of Hubbard - we've had white, brown and grey ones over the years. They finish at different ages, I believe.

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: sokel on September 11, 2013, 08:57:03 pm

That would explain why the brown ones are smaller than the whites

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: graham-j on September 11, 2013, 10:42:24 pm

Hi,see link below:

http://www.hubbardbreeders.com/products.php?id=11 (http://www.hubbardbreeders.com/products.php?id=11)


Graham

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: Womble on September 12, 2013, 06:40:30 am

Yes, both times we've had hubbards, about 10% of them have had some brown colouring.  The brown ones we had grew bigger than the rest by the end too  :thumbsup: .

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: sokel on September 12, 2013, 08:44:02 am

Thanks for the link
Womble its strange that my browns are smaller than the white, maybe they catch up or grow faster towards the end ?

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: graham-j on September 12, 2013, 09:39:43 am

Hi,I think basically there a several different types of Hubbard,and they all come in a variety of colors.I have had big brown ones a couple of years ago,they were called color yield,but this time the brown ones seem smaller.

Graham.

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: Hevxxx99 on September 12, 2013, 03:14:46 pm

I think the brown ones will be Coloryield and the whites are some number I don't remember what.  They are all delicious but possibly Coloryield are a little slower growing.

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: Hevxxx99 on September 12, 2013, 03:23:43 pm

If the whites are JA787 apparently some brown markings are possible.

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: graham-j on September 12, 2013, 10:14:47 pm

I quite like the brown ones.

Graham.

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: Womble on September 12, 2013, 10:55:40 pm

Yes, so do I!  :yum:

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: THE HAPPY POULTRY FARMER on September 13, 2013, 05:41:30 pm

Hi Your hubbard sare almost cetainly bred from a JA57 female which is a brown chicken, the brown birds are normally slightly smaller but still have the confirmation of the standard bird hope this helps THPF 

Title: Re: Hubbard Question
Post by: sokel on September 13, 2013, 06:22:36 pm

Thanks for all the replies, As the feathers are getting thicker only 1 is all brown, the other 2 are a creamy brown and white
all 3 are noticeably smaller than the whites