Below are some pictures of part of my flock. What do you think? In the last picture, the smaller hen is actually a black egglaying hybrid, not an Australorp. The larger hen is an Australorp. Is the hybrid rooster larger than an average Australorp rooster?
I updated the avatar with a picture of my Black Australorp (father) X Black Brahma (mother) 9 months hybrid rooster.
I'm curious about the egglaying performance of this bird's future offspring (asuming I cross my hybrid roo with other egglaying hens)?
Would the Brahma blood impact it much?
The...
In fact it's not the roo i have. I found a picture of a roo that most resembles mine. I'll change the avatar with a picture of my rooster shortly. Mine has a bit of gold on the neck (the black brahma mother which i suspect was in fact a cross between a black brahma and a partridge or maybe buff...
I'm have a small flock of backyards chicken.
Currently I have a flock of 6 australorp hens, 3 ISA Brown hens, 2 ISABrownXAustralorp cross hens, four black sex link hybrid hens and one Australorp X Brahma rooster (very very nice rooster :)).