Lots of us have cross-bred chickens due to having mixed flocks in our yard. A lot of people have Delaware x Easter egger and call it a "delawegger." I think that's pretty darn clever!
Have any of you other had any crossed breeds and come up with clever names for the crosses?
I have a pretty little isabel silkie, Honey, who is surprisingly my most reliable layer! Our cuckoo silkie, Roberto, mates her, but I have noticed that as the white faced black Spanish roos are coming into maturity, they have also taken a shine to her and have been mating with her. DH and I were talking the other day, and I mentioned it would be interesting to hatch out a couple of Honey's eggs and see what kind of crossed chicks we would get and oh, what would it be called if it were a cross between a Spanish and a silkie? He looked at me serious as a heart attack and said, "It'd be a 'spilkie'." We about fell out laughing!
So as I set eggs for the New Year's Hatch (I set them late, so they'll hatch on the 4th of January), I'm setting 4 of Honey's eggs, some of which may be fertilized by Roberto the silkie roo, or some of which may be fertilized by Fernando, the white faced black Spanish roo. I wanna see what a Spilkie looks like! LOL!
Anyone else come up with some interesting crosses and the weird names that ensue?
Have any of you other had any crossed breeds and come up with clever names for the crosses?
I have a pretty little isabel silkie, Honey, who is surprisingly my most reliable layer! Our cuckoo silkie, Roberto, mates her, but I have noticed that as the white faced black Spanish roos are coming into maturity, they have also taken a shine to her and have been mating with her. DH and I were talking the other day, and I mentioned it would be interesting to hatch out a couple of Honey's eggs and see what kind of crossed chicks we would get and oh, what would it be called if it were a cross between a Spanish and a silkie? He looked at me serious as a heart attack and said, "It'd be a 'spilkie'." We about fell out laughing!
So as I set eggs for the New Year's Hatch (I set them late, so they'll hatch on the 4th of January), I'm setting 4 of Honey's eggs, some of which may be fertilized by Roberto the silkie roo, or some of which may be fertilized by Fernando, the white faced black Spanish roo. I wanna see what a Spilkie looks like! LOL!
Anyone else come up with some interesting crosses and the weird names that ensue?