My husband bought me an incubator for my birthday in January, and since then, the mutts in my flock have taken over!
Armin, a bantam lavender d'uccle/buff bantam cochin mix
Handsome, some kind of cross between a bantam cochin and a standard. Not sure which parent was bantam and which was standard....
Gentleman Jack, a Jersey Giant/Barred Rock cross. He's a BIG fella.
No name, Polish Crested/ ???
Foreground: George (female), welsummer/bantam cochin mix. She has a "twin" that looks just like her named Fred, both are girls.
Peck, an EE/Barred rock mix. Hatched in May, she has already gone broody and is about two weeks into a clutch of eggs.
One of many mutt babies from a recent hatch. EE mix, maybe?
EE mix chick. She has since feathered out most of the way, and is a beautiful, blue-gray with a reddish-colored breast.
EE mix.
Chloe (Left) is pictured here with her bossom companion, Ducky. Although Ducky is storebought, Chloe is 3rd generation--her grandfather is our alpha rooster, Gryffindor! Chloe is 1/4 Easter Egger, 1/4 buff bantam cochin, and 1/2 silver duckwing old English game bantam. She inherited the blue egg gene from her grandfather, and she lays tiny, blue eggs.
Gru, EE/Black Australorp mix. We have quite a few chickens of this variety running around now, because our alpha roo Gryffindor has one very special lady in his life--a black australorp named Mrs. Hughes. Although Gryff DOES get around (it's his job, after all), Mrs. Hughes doesn't let any other rooster into her life. As a result, just about every egg we have hatched from her has sported cheek puffs.
Mr. Bates (right) is a purebred bantam cochin, but his constant companion (left) is an EE/production red cross. We don't have a proper name for her yet, and have just been calling her "Mrs. Bates".
Mr. Boots, a bantam cochin/barred rock mix. He's a sweety, and earned his freedom from the rooster run by being a cuddle bug.
Marge Simps-hen, a Polish crested mix.
Hedwig, my only remaining chicken from my first hatch. She is a cross between Gryffindor and a white rock hen named Winnie. She lays green eggs.
Tangerine, a Production red mix. I'm not sure what she's crossed with, but her pretty blue legs are a sure sign of a mixed lineage.
Gentleman Jack again (BR/JG) with his broodmate, Daphne, a BR mix of some kind.
Lucy, the female version of Gru. I had some trouble for a while because she is almost impossible to distinguish from my PUREBRED black Ameraucana hen--Lucy's feather's are slightly more iridescent, and her eyes are darker.
Kismet (R.I.P.), the second chicken ever hatched here in my flock. She was an EE/Production Red mix, hatched and reared by our super broody, Anna. Unfortunately, Kismet was unable to endure a rough heat wave that settled in over the summer, and she passed away after laying one last egg. I was able to hatch the egg--a barred-rock looking mutt that we have named Legacy.
Armin, a bantam lavender d'uccle/buff bantam cochin mix
Handsome, some kind of cross between a bantam cochin and a standard. Not sure which parent was bantam and which was standard....
Gentleman Jack, a Jersey Giant/Barred Rock cross. He's a BIG fella.
No name, Polish Crested/ ???
Foreground: George (female), welsummer/bantam cochin mix. She has a "twin" that looks just like her named Fred, both are girls.
Peck, an EE/Barred rock mix. Hatched in May, she has already gone broody and is about two weeks into a clutch of eggs.
One of many mutt babies from a recent hatch. EE mix, maybe?
EE mix chick. She has since feathered out most of the way, and is a beautiful, blue-gray with a reddish-colored breast.
EE mix.
Chloe (Left) is pictured here with her bossom companion, Ducky. Although Ducky is storebought, Chloe is 3rd generation--her grandfather is our alpha rooster, Gryffindor! Chloe is 1/4 Easter Egger, 1/4 buff bantam cochin, and 1/2 silver duckwing old English game bantam. She inherited the blue egg gene from her grandfather, and she lays tiny, blue eggs.
Gru, EE/Black Australorp mix. We have quite a few chickens of this variety running around now, because our alpha roo Gryffindor has one very special lady in his life--a black australorp named Mrs. Hughes. Although Gryff DOES get around (it's his job, after all), Mrs. Hughes doesn't let any other rooster into her life. As a result, just about every egg we have hatched from her has sported cheek puffs.
Mr. Bates (right) is a purebred bantam cochin, but his constant companion (left) is an EE/production red cross. We don't have a proper name for her yet, and have just been calling her "Mrs. Bates".
Mr. Boots, a bantam cochin/barred rock mix. He's a sweety, and earned his freedom from the rooster run by being a cuddle bug.
Marge Simps-hen, a Polish crested mix.
Hedwig, my only remaining chicken from my first hatch. She is a cross between Gryffindor and a white rock hen named Winnie. She lays green eggs.
Tangerine, a Production red mix. I'm not sure what she's crossed with, but her pretty blue legs are a sure sign of a mixed lineage.
Gentleman Jack again (BR/JG) with his broodmate, Daphne, a BR mix of some kind.
Lucy, the female version of Gru. I had some trouble for a while because she is almost impossible to distinguish from my PUREBRED black Ameraucana hen--Lucy's feather's are slightly more iridescent, and her eyes are darker.
Kismet (R.I.P.), the second chicken ever hatched here in my flock. She was an EE/Production Red mix, hatched and reared by our super broody, Anna. Unfortunately, Kismet was unable to endure a rough heat wave that settled in over the summer, and she passed away after laying one last egg. I was able to hatch the egg--a barred-rock looking mutt that we have named Legacy.
