I have a proposition for you folks on this forum...since I joined, I have seen quite a few people post questions about what the result would be if they mixed breed A with breed B(in fact, I believe my first post on this site was asking exactly that about a barred rock x buff orpington cross)... the chicken calculator helps, but those illustrations don't really give the best idea of what an actual bird looks like...so here is my idea... lets create a reference thread to show what you get when you cross two different breeds...
basically, people would just need to post photos of their crosses as well as list what was crossed with what to get it...
some basic guidelines:
1- photos need to be of adult birds... you can post chick pics in addition to the photos of adult birds, but the idea is to show what it would look like all grow-ed up...
2-try to only show the cross in question in a photo... if the only photo you have is of multiple birds, try to crop in on the one in question, or at least tell people which one it is
3-must be the crossing of two actual breeds... I suspect showing a cross between a mixed breed and a pure breed will only confuse matters
4-parent breeds must be listed as Rooster breed x Hen Breed... this is just to avoid confusion and make searching the thread for the specific crosses easier... and spell out the breed, no abbreviations
5-be sure to list the sex of the bird(s) shown... telling them apart might seem to be a no-brainer to a lot of us, but telling the difference might be tricky to a newb
other than that, go nuts... if someone has already posted a cross that you have done, post yours anyway... more pictures will only help...
here are mine
Barred Rock x Buff Orpington
Roosters
Hens
I'll have another one(Buff Brahma x Buff Orpington) in a couple of months
Edited by v.cyr - 3/12/12 at 10:57am
That this universe, in all it's infinite wonder, simply is, that it exists at all, is good enough for me. In my eyes, to say that something had to "create" it, to make it what it is, only succeeds to cheapen the experience, to make it less special.
That this universe, in all it's infinite wonder, simply is, that it exists at all, is good enough for me. In my eyes, to say that something had to "create" it, to make it what it is, only succeeds to cheapen the experience, to make it less special.
