Mutts

[Kennyog]

Some of the most beautiful roosters that i have ever seen were "mutts".

 

[hollyk]

I SO agree with you on the "mutt" issue. My EE's are awesome layers, beautiful, and hardy. Also, my wyandottes are hatchery stock and are just as pretty and well formed as any pictures I have seen of show quality. I have 3 SLW, 2 blue splash wyandottes, 2 EE's, 1 buckeye, and 4 BO's and one huge Blue splash roo. I plan to hatch some eggs in 6 weeks from this very mixed flock and I am looking forward to what comes out.

I also like my crossbread goats way better than the papered show goats- too!

I do have pictures, but haven't figured out photobucket yet!

 

[becky3086]

Satan is my favorite mutt. He is one of my Polish mixes.

Here is Satan's brother, not quite as pretty but still nice.

 

[chickeypeep101]

My baby silkie mutts the one in the first pic is golden phoenix/black silkie the bottom one in the second pic is the same and the top one in the second is Silkie/?.

 

[MtnCkn]

Kathy if you breed him to another wide bird do you think those traits would pass to the off spring or no?

 

[kathyinmo]

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I don't know. I'm no good with poultry genetics, so I have no idea. However, I have sent out (free) eggs to a few people. These eggs were to check fertility, and there were only 3 roosters ... this being one of them. So, maybe we will see in the future, what he does produce!

 

[Cetawin]

These are my crosses...

my Roo is an EE named Deville

His offsrping:

Severus, EE x BA

Sirius, EE x unknown mom (possibly SLW)

Draco, EE x Splash Cochin

Penelope, EE x SLW

 

[spotsplus]

This is my mixed breed bantam hen "Penny". She's of a few breeds. Came from a friend's farm that did run a mixed flock. Lays eggs all summer, goes broody- definately not inferior.

I also got four BElgian D'Anvers/Silkie crosses that I think are very nice:

Tammie

 

[cook_kaka_ook]

So, mutts are usually accidental cross breeds or are they bred in purpose for egg production?

 

[onthespot]

partridge silkie/cuckoo marans roo

Ameraucana/Cuckoo Marans roo

Ameraucana/Golden Laced Wyandotte

Partridge Silkie/cuckoo marans broody hen