- Nov 30, 2011
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Hey Everyone!
Well, I started a small flock with hatchery chicks...2 Australorps, 2 Buff Orphingtons, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Delaware, and 2 Rhode Island Red (although, I'd say more production red than anything). I also ordered 25 red broilers from Ideal...unfortunetly I've been having a round of pest problems, butchered 5 and am left with 2 Roos (1 Barred Rock, the other a Red Broiler) and 6 hens, who've all started laying (probably just going to end up keeping them around for awhile...they actually lay nice-sized brown eggs fairly often...2-3 x's wk each).
My question is what to expect if I hatch a clutch of mixed eggs...the Barred Rock stays with the mixed flock...he's kind of claimed those girls and the Red Broiler roo and hens all stick together...has anyone hatched any mixed chickens of the breeds I listed above? If so, do you have any pictures of them?
This is just to satisfy my curiousity...I'm planning on keeping a few, weeding out others, etc. hoping to eventually have a self-sustaining flock...FYI, I dont care about growth rate, food coversion, etc...all my chickens are free-ranging, living completely off of what they find in my 2 acre property and kitchen scraps (during fall and winter I begin to supplement since the grass/clover stops growing) and I know the Red Broilers are crosses and won't breed true...but I'd like to find out what they do produce out of curiousity
Thanks in advance for any pics!!
Courtney
Well, I started a small flock with hatchery chicks...2 Australorps, 2 Buff Orphingtons, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Delaware, and 2 Rhode Island Red (although, I'd say more production red than anything). I also ordered 25 red broilers from Ideal...unfortunetly I've been having a round of pest problems, butchered 5 and am left with 2 Roos (1 Barred Rock, the other a Red Broiler) and 6 hens, who've all started laying (probably just going to end up keeping them around for awhile...they actually lay nice-sized brown eggs fairly often...2-3 x's wk each).
My question is what to expect if I hatch a clutch of mixed eggs...the Barred Rock stays with the mixed flock...he's kind of claimed those girls and the Red Broiler roo and hens all stick together...has anyone hatched any mixed chickens of the breeds I listed above? If so, do you have any pictures of them?
This is just to satisfy my curiousity...I'm planning on keeping a few, weeding out others, etc. hoping to eventually have a self-sustaining flock...FYI, I dont care about growth rate, food coversion, etc...all my chickens are free-ranging, living completely off of what they find in my 2 acre property and kitchen scraps (during fall and winter I begin to supplement since the grass/clover stops growing) and I know the Red Broilers are crosses and won't breed true...but I'd like to find out what they do produce out of curiousity
Thanks in advance for any pics!!
Courtney