2 Roos & 26 hens of different breeds = Chicken Salad?

[stevin]

i have 2 Roosters, a RIR and Light Sussex in together with 26 hens consisting of RIR, LS, SS, White Leghorns, BR, BA.
now the 2 roos seem to share majority of the girls. Out of curiosity, if i were to hatch these eggs, what different types of mixes would i end up with? for example, would my rir hens give me a mix of pure rir chicks and a mix of whatever the LS roo would produce.....?

 

[easttxchick]

Let me see if I can get this right here:

RIR roo + RIR hen =pure RIR chicks
LS roo + LS hen =pure LS chicks
RIR roo + anything besides RIR hen = mixed chicks(no pure chicks, only "mutts")
Same for LS rooster with anything besides LS hens

Clear as mud?

 

[Cowgirl71]

RIR roo x RIR hens= purebred RIR
RIR roo x LS hens= red sex-links
RIR roo x SS hens= reddish colored mutts
RIR roo x WL hens= whitish colored mutts
RIR roo x BR hens= black sex-links
RIR roo x BA hens= ?-colored mutts

LS roo x RIR hens= whitish mutts
LS roo x LS hens= purebred LS
LS roo x SS hens= whitish mutts
LS roo x WL hens= whitish mutts
LS roo x BR hens= ?-colored mutts
LS roo x BA hens= ?-colored mutts

If you ask on BYC about the coloring of specific crosses, somebody will probably know!

 

[donrae]

Your RIR roo and BR hens would give you black sex-link chicks.
Each roo mating with it's own breed hen would give you purebred chicks.
Roos mating with hens other than their own breed would give you barnyard mixes.
Oh, the RIR roo and the LS hens should give you sex-links, also. The white leghorns are I think dominant white so won't make sex-links.
You'll have a nice egg laying pullets and cockerals should make nice table birds at twenty weeks or so.

And if you do hatch out chicks, please post pics! I love mixes like this.

 

[peacockfarmer1]

lots of mixed breed birds they are my favorite to hatch because you will have many different colors in the brooder good hatching!!

 

[stevin]

thanx for the replies...!
what happens in a case where both roosters have bred with the same hen, for example a RIR hen..?

 

[Illia]

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The last one who bred her before she lays the next egg usually is the winner, however a hen can store sperm from both roosters.

 

[TomG]

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The chicks may or may not be of mixed breed but the hen would be a pure harlot.

 

[Ryan McEachern]

 

[Liamm_1]

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x 2 lol