[sokel]

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

[bloomer]

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...

[sokel]

Thanks for that, makes sense really

[Rosemary]

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

[sokel]

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

[graham-j]

Hi,see link below:

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


Graham

[Womble]

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  .

[sokel]

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 ?

[graham-j]

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.

[Hevxxx99]

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.

[Hevxxx99]

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

[graham-j]

I quite like the brown ones.

Graham.

[Womble]

Yes, so do I! 

[THE HAPPY POULTRY FARMER]

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 

[sokel]

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