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Would anyone be willing to explain the important points of breeding partridge colored chickens? I love Welsummers, PRocks and would like very much to have a flock of one or both. But a newbie like me trying to read the breed threads are like a 3rd grader trying to read "War & Peace"! One is...

Does anyone have a guess what the f1 of a Welsumer roo and buff Orp would look like? Would the buff genes wreck the auto sexing and partridge coloration? :idunno

Does anyone know if it is possible to get a decently dark egg color while increasing size and lay rate with the Welsummer? My thought is to cross a wel roo x buff orp hen for f1 hens, and a buff roo on wels hens for and f1 cockerel. Then to cross the f1 for an f2 wel colored roo. Would I get a...

Hi everyone--thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Lisa from SW Missouri, and I've gotten my first laying hens this spring. I bought 8 mo olds from a hatchery rather than chicks, for convenience. Right now there's 12 Buff Orpington, though 6 are for my neighbor who's working on his own tractor. The...