I popped 13 eggs in the incubator, 7 from Princess, my blue jubilee English orpington! She's 100% English, but had a blue grandparent :) the father is either a half blue, half jubilee cockerel, or my jubilee rooster.
In my opinion, there's nothing wrong with "mutt" chickens... But there's definitely something wrong with selling them as something they're not. Keep it real people! If you have orpington crosses, sell them as backyard orpington crosses! :)
Ok.. I hatched three chicks fathered by my splash English orpington rooster. I was pretty sure the mother was my American SQ black orpington hen.
I got 2 cockerels, 1 pullet. One of the cockerels has a TON of leakage. Is this too much leakage to be mothered by a true black hen? Maybe my...