I imagine that most people look at this heading, and think "What's the difference"? To me there's a huge difference! Think about it? What is a dual purpose chicken, and what is a free range chicken?
I grew up raising Game Chickens all my life. Our hens that we weren't breeding, just ran out and...
It was never my intention to breed black Sexlinks. As a matter of fact I sold my black Sexlinks hens and my black ameraurcanas because I only want to raise heritage breeds and crosses for setting and free ranging.
To make a long story short, I ended up keeping my Ameraucana/Game cross rooster...
I crossed my Red Hackle Feathered, Black Breasted Ameraucana Rooster over my Barred Rock/Cochin Hens. The chicks started hatching. Six of the chicks are a dark greyish color with a large white streaking spot on their heads, and are black legged. The other chick is totally bright yellow with...