What would this mix breed look like?

CherriesBrood · Aug 4, 2015

Hi.

I'm trying to figure out what a Lavender Cochin/Buff Orpington mix would look like. I have a lavender Cochin cockerel and i'm wanting to breed them once he's old enough. Any help would be much appreciated.

Also i do have a off subject question. You can breed Salmon Favorelles with other breeds right? I'm just curious since they have five toes and other breeds don't, and what that would do to the mix chicks.

popsicle · Aug 4, 2015

Chicken Calculator says they will all be black. Probably with feathered shanks and white skin.

ETA: Salmon Faverolles mix with other breeds fine. Five toes is dominant, so expect chicks with five toes.

CherriesBrood · Aug 4, 2015

Really? They wont have any lavender or yellow in them?

junebuggena · Aug 4, 2015

All chickens can be cross bred, since they are all still genetically chickens. Since Lavender is a recessive dilute gene for black, a bird needs a copy from each parent for Lavender to express. He would breed like a solid black.
It's all a guessing game when crossing breeds. That's just part of the fun.

CherriesBrood · Aug 4, 2015

junebuggena said:
All chickens can be cross bred, since they are all still genetically chickens. Since Lavender is a recessive dilute gene for black, a bird needs a copy from each parent for Lavender to express. He would breed like a solid black.
It's all a guessing game when crossing breeds. That's just part of the fun.

Thank you.

And I know what you mean, i just hatched Buff Orpington/Barred rocks, and none of them had white on them, and only one had a bite of black on it. They all had yellow, and their adult feathers are coming in as yellow mixed in with blackish brown spots. They certainly turned out as not what i was expecting.

junebuggena · Aug 4, 2015

If the hen was the Barred Rock, the chicks would be sexlinked. Males would be barred. Females would feather out to be more buff/gold on the head, neck, and chest and more black over their body, wings, and tail.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/229407/buff-orpington-x-barred-rock-results-pics

junebuggena · Aug 4, 2015

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/413047/crossing-buff-orpingtons-with-barred-rocks
Post #7 is of birds that are Barred Rock rooster with Buff Orpington hens.

CherriesBrood · Aug 4, 2015

Yes thank you

They're dad is barred and mom buff. I have a feeling that two are girls and one is a boy even though its to soon to tell yet.

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