Cross Breeds!!!!

[giddyupspunda]

I have recently hatched a clutch of eggs from the handsome Mille Fluer Cochin Bantam Rooster and the Red Frizzle Cochin seen here. (D'uccle hen in front did not have any fertile eggs...boo!)

I got seven out the nine hatched with some pretty cute babies! I have two full on frizzles, but the others have some curling at the ends of their feathers too. Can't wait to see what they look like all feathered out!

 

[giddyupspunda]

These are the chicks hatched from a White Sex Link Rooster, and the hens were either Black Sex Link or Rhode Island Reds.
I got six hatched from the twelve I incubated. I lost a few that were quitters, and a few at the end that never got past pipping. This was my very first try at hatching eggs.
I have one pure white, one all black (except for middle toes that are white), one yellow (buff) and a couple that look like they may end up looking like some kind of barred rock?? I look forward to seeing how they look when mature.

 

[giddyupspunda]

I asked the hatchery about that recently when I ordered a legbar pullet, and they said they believe the legbar would breed true for at least one generation. After that they were unsure.
I know that other sexlinks do not breed true and the next generation will not be apparent at hatch.

 

[1crazychick]

Does anyone here know what an orp and cochin cross might look like?
I have a Chocolate Cuckoo Bantam Orp Roo, and I have Mottled Bantam Cochin Hens. Here is a pic of both. I just wasn't sure, will they come out clean legged or feather? And colors not so sure?

 

[1crazychick]

Does anyone here know what an orp and cochin cross might look like?
I have a Chocolate Cuckoo Bantam Orp Roo, and I have Mottled Bantam Cochin Hens. Here is a pic of both. I just wasn't sure, will they come out clean legged or feather? And colors not so sure?

 

[tao chick]

I love this thread. My chicks are "barnyard mixes," although a couple of them are clearly part EE. I know the potential parents, but I'm unsure of which ones parented each chick. I'll post pictures soon.

 

[tao chick]

I love this thread. My chicks are "barnyard mixes," although a couple of them are clearly part EE. I know the potential parents, but I'm unsure of which ones parented each chick. I'll post pictures soon.

My chicks.








I have 6 chicks that are 9 weeks old as of now. I'm hoping to get more because I think all 4 black chicks are cockerels. I'd like to have at least 5 laying hens.

 

[chickengr]

My chicks.








I have 6 chicks that are 9 weeks old as of now. I'm hoping to get more because I think all 4 black chicks are cockerels. I'd like to have at least 5 laying hens.

nice birds. the last black one looks like pullet. if only you have room for chickens you will end up with as many as they fit - just as the rest of us. I wanted 1 rooster and 4-5 hens, now I am around 15 + some chicks for meat, but at least 1 will stay!

 

[myfivegirls]

Quote:
This one looks to be getting bright red on it's wing feathers - close up of its head would help, but I think you're right about the black ones being cockerels.

 

[tao chick]

This is the best picture I have of its head. This bird has been tricky, but lately has acted like a cockerel. It could just be a mean hen, but it pecks at the other black birds. The small pea-like comb is red and the wings are getting the deep brick red.