I don't raise Red Pyles anymore. I worked on them for three years and they were coming along really well. I then sold them to people who claimed to be very serious and they have long since vanished....grrr...
This is how the line started out. These are the F1 Red Pyles, in 1998. I started by crossing a pink-legged BBRed cock with several White hens. All the F1 pullets were white with blue or black splashes, and all the F1 cockerels were white with black ticking, and red or orange shoulders and well as some red in the hackles. I kept the best two cockerels (as far as body and comb type) and bred them to the lightest colored pullets. The results were VERY interesting.
In the F2 generation, there were a few Red Pyles produced, pictured below. Other colors resulting from this cross were: Black (poor quality), Blue (some very good), Blue Brassy Back (poor quality), Mottled (amazing), BBRed, White, almost-Blue Red, something that resembles Blue Red Sport, and other fun things too.
This is one of two cockerels that turned out the correct color (with some black ticking of course, after all they were only second generation!), and he had an excellent head too. I showed him a few times. He sure got a reaction from people!
photo taken as cockerel, 2000. Reserve of Variety, PPBA 2000 (Allison Reed photo)
photo taken as pullets, 1999
They do not have pure white bodies. They have black ticking.
Pictured below is a Red Pyle pullet from the cross of a Blue Red Sport cock and some F1 Pyle hens. This bird is the half-sister of the Blue Red and Lemon Blue pullets. Pretty neat. She does have a pure white body, and NO black ticking, but unfortunately she has blue legs instead of pink. *sigh*
