Black Australorp x New Hampshire

[WVDan44]

What would be produced by this cross? Would the offspring be sex linked? I'll bet they'd be good and hardy DP's and great egg layers.

BA roo x NH hen>

NH roo x BA hen>

 

[nicalandia]

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they will ALL look Black at hatch.. you will not be abel to sex them at hatch.. some Australoprs are Sex linked Silver and if you use a Silver Based Black australorp hen and a NH roo. you will have Sex linked(gold hens, golden roosters S/s+) but you will not abe able to sex them at hatch since they will be black at hatch...

 

[unkadan]

I'm curious as to the possible increased production of this cross;

RI roo x BA hen>

I have 6, 14 wk old pullets that came from a very "productive" BA hen that the owner used when making the cross, hopefully it works. 2 of the 6 have lots of red showing on them, all have good temperament and no problems at this point.

Anyone have 1st hand experience with these?

 

[nicalandia]

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if they are from production type lines, they will be awesome layers...

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That's caused by NH Columbian Restrictor...

 

[ChickenPrnces]

Has anyone confirmed the increased productivity of this cross yet? I'm curious because I am currently hatching over 30 babies from a BA Roo and a production New Hampshire!