RIR X LS any good ??

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R66VEY

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« on: August 06, 2008, 16:40 »
i was doing a delivery for work yesterday delivering some wood and just down the road from me about 500 yards was a man who light sussex hen went broody at the same time so he mated them with a RIR and now hes got 76 6 week old chicks running everywhere .thinking of getting a few !are they anygood for laying ?? i normally stick to my hybrids but just for i would have a change .

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« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2008, 17:43 »
They are excellent layers................I have two chicks who are called the cheeky girls!

My friend has 18 of them and boy do they lay :lol:

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« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2008, 17:44 »
Flipping heck... 76 chicks sat on by one light sussex... must be a record!

:D :D :D

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« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2008, 17:46 »
I agree...they are fantastic layers!!!

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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2008, 18:56 »
They are excellent layers but someone needs to learn to count. :D

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« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2008, 20:28 »
there more than 1 hen you know !! i think there was 9 hens

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« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2008, 22:11 »
Are they brown?

The Bovans Goldlines are a cross between a light sussex hen and a RIR cockerel.  That's what a hybrid is R66vey, a croos between different breeds.

Good layers, definitely!



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