Brahma crossed with what?

[chickmashnoon]

I have two roosters who have a brahma for a dad, but their original owner is not sure of who their mom was- she said it was one of a few utility breeds, maybe white rock? perhaps RIR? or a leghorn? i think those were the choices she gave me- do you guys have any ideas? I'm going to let him breed with my Barred rocks and favorelle, and EE's for some mutt chickens that I'm hoping will be a halfway decent size for meat and maybe have decent egg production.

The Black&white one is Charlie- and he has some barring on his black tailfeathers.

The White one has a faint beige barring on his body and a slightly taupe color to his tailfeathers. He's Latte.

Any ideas on what they are mixed with?

 

[Lothiriel]

Maybe Charlie's crossed with BR or Delaware. Not too sure. They're both handsome young men though!

 

[chickmashnoon]

Any idea on Latte? I was thinking the white rock myself but I know almost nothing about poultry genetics and how attributes are passed on.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

The first one looks like a barred rock mom. The second makes me think leghorn based on his side profile

 

[farmerChef]

Do you know what color the brahma was?

 

[Illia]

Probably White Rock and Barred Rock. White Rocks can hide a lot behind their white genes.

 

[Stephanie739]

Quote:
That's what I thought!

 

[chickmashnoon]

This is how she described them to me before I got them.

>They are dark brahma x utility breed
> hens... Options are white rock, white leghorn, or rhode island red. If
> I had to guess I'd say from the 2 white breeds. 1 is mostly white with
> some light gray speckles, and 1 is white and black speckled. They both
> have some leg feathers.

They have both grown up since then, and Charlie now has a mix of speckle on his body and his tail feathers alternate between beetle-black and black barring. Latte has very pale beige tail feathers- it reminded me of when you have a little coffee with your creme and sugar

and you can kinda see it in the picture that he has a faint beige barring on his sides. Charlie is the bigger of the two. If I let them cross with my barred rocks, what kinda chickens dya think I'll get? I don't mind a barnyard mix as long as they still have good egg production and the roos will be decent for meat.

My barred rock roo Leon was dragged off by something- I suspect a coyote- so unless I find a BR roo nearby I'm just going to get chicks this spring from these two. I have a favorelle that's just steps away from broody already, so I've got a feathered incubator. I just wanted a little better idea what kind of gene pool I'm working with.

Thanks for all the help so far!

 

[chickmashnoon]

Farmerchef, the dad was a darkbrahma, altho I'm assuming hatchery quality.