I have a bantam rooster with mixed heritage. I believe he is 1/4 Silkie, and 3/4 Bantam Cochin. His comb is very interesting, a bit too spiked for me to clearly call it a pea comb, it doesn't seem very rose comb like to me either. Almost like a cushiony pea comb style, with 2 rows of spikes...
So, questions/thoughts on a non-standard sex-linked cross. You only ever read about Red sex-linked, Black sex-linked, Barred sex-linked, and feather sexing. I was playing around on Breedbook http://www.breedbook.org/?action=geneticscalculator&tab=CHICKEN
It seems if you cross a White...
I would be happy to give them a good home! We have a happy mixed duck flock up in Huntsville, and we just love them. I can come pick them up on either Sunday or Monday, if that is an option. I would come earlier, but with work schedules that is the soonest I can make a 2 hour one way trip...
I live in Huntsville, and have a mixed gaggle of geese. We keep them as yard pets. We eat some eggs, but don't raise them for meat. They would have friends! I have 2 Toulouse hens, a Buff Gander, a Cotton Patch Gander, a China/Cotton Patch goose, and two younger Buff/Toulouse/Tufted girls...
Well, I certainly hope tobe selling some. How soon depends on how many generations it takes me to cement that gene. Here's to hoping I get bearded offspring this winter!