Could this happen ?!!! :O

[magicpigeon]

Could a silkie roo somehow mate with a light sussex hen? Just thinking about size difference and how ugly the offspring would look...

 

[PepsNick]

Yes, they'd be VERY ugly. It is possible. Even bantam roosters mate with standard hens.

 

[magicpigeon]

UGH *shields eyes*
What if there was another roo who was an Australorp? Right now I have no idea how to separate all my chickens, as they free range. Aside from sussex/silkie crosses, I'm also worried about australorp/silkie (my poor hen would be crushed XD ) and sussex/australorp...

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Yes, it can happen.

I have a Silkie cock bird in my static hen yard flock. He's nearly the size of the smaller dual-purpose hens and when he thinks Hopalong isn't paying attention he'll make a play for one of the big girls. Most of them won't put up with his nonsense, but every once in a while he scores. In fact the last time I saw him get lucky it was with a little Speckled Sussex. No idea what the chicks would look like though.

We've hatched eggs out of that flock before and I wondered if any of them were going to come out looking Silkiefied, but none did. They were all Hopalong's.

 

[txcarl1258]

Its definitely possible. I have 5 red cochin X BA cross chicks. Actually they aren't that bad looking going to keep the 2 black pullets to see what they look like grown. Silkie X Sussex, that would be interesting to say the least!

 

[sheila3935]

here is a pic of my silkie/black copper marans mix. Silkie was momma and BCM daddy I think they are so cute