I have heard that cx don't breed and get another cx, the offspring may be good meat chickens still, I don't know; sounds like another good experiment, or just more research.:caf
Good luck LnJ!
philipdj- so sorry! I have a thread that is all about cross breeding, sadly, it is not active.:(
But, if you just go with it(although I have heard that cx don't breed true) then maybe something will happen and you can start breeding for a better meat chicken. And if not, then it...
I have a brother who went to El Salvador for his mission, and they fed him chicken all the time. They would pluck the chicken and throw them in the pot and serve when cooked. Sometimes he would find an egg in the chicken and would try to see how many parts of the chicken he got.
When my mom...
Yeah, he is darker than yours and has a crest, so do you know what breed yours is?
I wonder, do they come in bantam sizes? Because we have to get rid of two extra bantam roos, so I might try to find some of these in bantam size to replace them(if you can ever replace a specific chicken...
What breed is he? The split comb reminds me of a breed called a crevouceur?(I don't think I spelled that right) But I think that they come in a different color.
Keep it! It could come in handy if you have an emergency or something(like if a broody hens quits or dissapears or another incubator breaks down, etc.)
Yeah, it is going to be hard for me to cull the roos we get from our hens, I believe we have one now, a leghorn hen under a black australorp roo, and he is growing fast! his little comb is already developing and it looks like he has spur development already(there are 2 small bumps on his legs...