i hatched 4 eggs from My AC roo; 3 with buttercup hen and 1 with blue austrolorp. Here they are at about 5 months. Ended up with one hen. The buttercup roos are gorgeous. Buttercup combs, both turning red. Looks like the hen is the only one that's going to have a black comb.
I let my broody Blue Australorp sit on a six egg clutch; rooster is AC. 4 hatched, all survived. Ended up with 3 roos; 1 was Australorp, the other two Sicilian Buttercup, and one hen, also from a buttercup egg. Pretty cool looking chickens. The 3 roo’s were crowing at around 7 weeks, as soon as...
I recently let a broody Blue Australorp sit on 6 eggs, and the rooster is an AC. By the color and size of the eggs, I know 2 were the Blue Aust., 2 were Sicilian buttercup, one silver laced wyondott, one barred rock. Still waiting on the Wyandott and the BR egg to hatch, but the other are 1-7...