I know that sometimes there are concerns with certain combinations, for instance if you breed a bantam to a production type chicken, if you end up with a small bodied hen that lays large eggs it can be a problem. I didn’t think there would be anything to worry about, but I wanted to make sure...
As the title says, I have a gold laced Cochin rooster and silver duckwing Phoenix hens, and want to know what the offspring from these might look like, and if there’s any inherent problems to be worried about, since they’re about as opposite as you can get. I wanted to hatch some eggs this year...