Breeding a new chicken breed

[Arjun Masthi]

Getting these two. They aren't great standard for Orpingtons, but the mother lays well, and they finish to a good weight.

 

[Arjun Masthi]

The Spitz are great foragers! And they've been so alert about predators...

 

[Arjun Masthi]

This is a gal that's born to a Brahma× Silkie cross (that's in the beginning of this thread). Note the tiny crest. This was the only one from the batch to have a comb. I'm keeping it as a reserve incase the spitz doesn't work (I hope two genes won't make the crest too big either). She has the small crest+ pea comb which is my option B.

 

[Arjun Masthi]

And here's a white faverolles from the same guy I picked my whites from years ago. Great laying strain, small beard and grow both quickly and mature to weights comparable to some mod sized Brahma's. I got him to see if I can fix these genes into my birds and breed out the white colour. Would also add some unrelated blood. What say you, guys?

Also, the strain is probably a hybrid of some other breed, I know cause they don't have five toes, and their white is dominant unlike that of white faverolles. But this particular thing works out in my favour- I'm not looking for five toes (I think it makes the hens a bit slow while running, but I'll let you be the judge of that - the roosters are anyway clumsy once they get long spurs), and breeding out dominant white is easier...
You can see him with some Brahmas at the back for size comparison.

 

[Arjun Masthi]

Funny how two separate genotypes can come up with the same colour on roosters!
Behind is a dark red shouldered Brahma, that I'm now giving away to a cousin.
Front is a Salmon Faverolles that I shall use next with a few crosses. The Faverolles will get his own coop now!