Anyone ever crossed EE's with Silkies?

[SunAngel]

I really loved them too and contacted the site owner. I just had to find out if it was possible to get any!

I didn't post the link though, it was mountaintopchicken

 

[tfpets]

Thanks all of you, I'd rather get up and read a great post like this than a newspaper any day! One cup of coffee, a great read, and I gotta scoot! Check in later, very interesting subject and project!
Tina/tfpets

 

[siz8003]

This is a chick I hatched from Lurky and I think she is great

She should start laying any day now

 

[MichiganWoods]

Er, whoops! Sorry! Thank you mountaintopchicken for the link! (That's what I get for replying to posts right after I've rolled out of bed!!

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[SunAngel]

Omgosh, she is so pretty!!

I really need to find some blues for my flock!

 

[cheeptrick]

A little history on the DELAWARE heritage breed...if this breeder had NOT crossbred we would not have the prized Delaware. One of my favorites....

Delaware were developed by George Ellis of Delaware in 1940 and were used for the production of broilers. The breed originated from crosses of Barred Plymouth Rock roosters and New Hampshire hens. A few off-colored sports were produced that were almost white with black barring on the hackles, primaries, secondaries, and tail. This coloration is very similar to the Colombian color pattern, but with the barring substituting for the black sections. For about twenty years the Delaware and the Delaware x New Hampshire cross were the most popular broiler chickens on the Delmarva Peninsula. Both the Delaware and the Delaware x New Hampshire cross were replaced by the Cornish x Rock cross that you see in grocery stores today.

The Delaware makes an excellent dual-purpose bird. They have an excellent lay rate, and a calm and friendly disposition. The breed is noted for rapid growth and fast feathering of the chicks. Cocks grow to 8-1/2 pounds and hens to 6-1/2 pounds. Our breeding program emphasizes carcass quality and growth rate in addition to the American Poultry Association's (APA) standard for the breed.

Delaware males may be mated to New Hampshire or Rhode Island Red females and produce chicks of the Delaware color pattern. Delaware females mated to New Hampshire or Rhode Island Red males produce sex-linked offspring; the males having the Delaware color pattern and the females having the solid red color of the sires. Chicks from this second cross can even be sexed by their down color when hatched.

 

[cheeptrick]

The punit square of probability is very helpful in chicken breeding...

Pretty Cool how cross breeding produced most of our so called PURE BREEDS.

Just goes to show you that using the pure bred (dog showing) mentality in chicken showing is not going to work for you...because you'll find that most breeds are cross bred to develop them in the first place!!

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

Quote:
I am sooooooo not even going there..... Well yes I am.....

Thats kind of like taking a whole bunch of ingredients and throwing them in a pot in hopes you get a good soup. Needless to say, I wont be ordering from the menu.....

 

[SunAngel]

Awww, but they are adorable!

Just like with dogs, mutts often make the best pets

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

Well I do own a mutt..... and he is the best dog we own!