My main question is this: I'm hoping to start hatching chicks later this year, raising them a lil while, and selling them as pullets. But let's say I was gonna cross two completely different-looking breeds, like a buff orpington rooster with a speckled sussex hen... would they actually be...
The last time I hatched birds, did so with a welsummer rooster and differing hen breeds. The chicks from barred rock hens grew up to look just like their moms, with very little difference. The chicks from rhode island reds grew up to be mostly red but have some welsummer-like feathers on their...