Creating a new breed (includes Cemani, Sebright, Cochin, and more)

[nuthatched]

I would do that if I was starting from scratch, but I already have an Ameracauna and Cochins that I would like to contribute to this project. If you would like to see pictures of the first few chooks I will use, I can put some in.

No thank you, I can picture them. :]
Sebrights don't have very good fertility, and they ate true bantams so they are very small, I'm not sure it's possible to breed a large fowl x sebright mix.

 

[britesidefarm]

No thank you, I can picture them. :]
Sebrights don't have very good fertility, and they ate true bantams so they are very small, I'm not sure it's possible to breed a large fowl x sebright mix.

I’ve actually bred them before, and it’s surprisingly easy for the cockerel I have.

 

[nuthatched]

I’ve actually bred them before, and it’s surprisingly easy for the cockerel I have.

Does he use a ladder? Good luck, it sounds like a cool bird when you're done!

 

[britesidefarm]

Does he use a ladder? Good luck, it sounds like a cool bird when you're done!

I hens certainly like him enough!

 

[Amer]

Yes, you absolutely can do this, though I would not recommend calling it a new breed. Call it a personal project of yours and you will garner some respect.

 

[black_cat]

I also think that it would be better to use bantam ameraucanas, because they bring the slate legs, muffs, and blue eggs without all the wild variation of genes that EEs have. It would also keep the color to black (black cochin, black ameraucana) and would breed true to color. I'm also wondering what the sebright brings? Do you want them to be tiny or hen feathered?

 

[JCaseyHammond]

I’ve been working on an idea for some time now, to create a kind of breed that has feathered legs, dark blue/slate skin and legs, slight muffs, lays blue/green eggs, has a frizzled variety, and is a bantam size.

I’m planning on starting by using a black bantam Cochin hen and breeding her with a silver laced Sebright (both good quality). I’ll then breed pullet offspring(s) of those two with an Ayam Cemani x Sebright cockerel. I will then cross the Sebright/Cochin x Sebright/Cemani with a small EE that carries two blue/green pigment genes. I will continue the line with a frizzled Cochin.

I have never even attempted to do this before, so have no idea if there is anything else I will need to do. How do you start to breed true? How do you get specific colorings when all the crosses are finished?

Wow ! I’m following your progress

 

[Show Sebright]

This makes me think how my little sebright cockerel would dance to the big girls. Lol how it works

 

[Earthdale]

"though I would not recommend calling it a new breed. Call it a personal project of yours and you will garner some respect" It is not a new breed yet but they can say that they are working on a new breed.