Chicken "mutt" club!!!

[tastybabies]

Hens or Roos? 9.5 weeks old. They are Silkie/Mille de fluers.

The first one definately looks a bit like roo, that's quite a bright red comb going on there.

 

[alibra]

Hens or Roos? 9.5 weeks old. They are Silkie/Mille de fluers.

i'm not sure about sex, but i think you should breed the black birchen looking one back to a mille fleur!

 

[chickenkeeper12]

What do you mean?

 

[alibra]

It looks like (s)he is birchen. Crossed back to a mille fleur, the offspring would be 75% D'uccles with the mottling gene and probably some wild colors!

 

[alibra]

If you're interested in making more "mutts" of course

 

[chickenkeeper12]

It looks like (s)he is birchen. Crossed back to a mille fleur, the offspring would be 75% D'uccles with the mottling gene and probably some wild colors!

It's not a birchen it's a Mille de fluer/Silkie cross. I hatched them myself. What colors could i get. I've never understood the breeding numbers and colors charts.

 

[PrairieChickens]

It's been a real joy watching Kismet grow. She is a Production Red/EE mix, and what a beauty! The best part is, her personality is as great as her looks.

 

[scriptkiddieJR]

Kismet is really pretty!
how did you get that color out of production reds?

I get these. (all are EExRSL)

 

[PrairieChickens]

This is one of the hens that might be Kismet's mother (It's either Strawberry here, or our other Production Red named Arizona.) You can see where the pretty pale red came from here.


The EE Roo's genetics have also been combining to create all kinds of unexpected color results. When he crossed with a buff bantam cochin, the resulting chick was almost pure white, even though he's VERY colorful and the mother is a buttery yellow.

EE/Cochin mix "Cinco"

 

[scriptkiddieJR]

interesting.

we have been amazed at all the colors we got from adding our EE roo.



he has had some very colorful children/grandchildren.