Cross Breeds!!!!

[angelseternity]

ok there are two egg colors blue and white, brown eggs are white eggs with a brown coating, green eggs are blue eggs with a brown coating. Blue is dominant to white, white x brown = lighter brown. Blue x brown = green. Blue x white = blue. There is many genes that determine how dark the brown eggs are and nobody knows them all or how they all work but what I already stated is generally true.

Cool, thanks! I think I'm keeping the Silver Leghorn, but its such a hard choice.

 

[chickengr]

Cool, thanks! I think I'm keeping the Silver Leghorn, but its such a hard choice.

silver leghorn should give you good layers but egg colour depends on your girls too. if you don't have white egg layers you might end up with different shades of tinted eggs, maybe some white. if you like white eggs you should get a white egg layer pullet to be sure. my white leghorns lay jumbo size white eggs and eat little. I am thinking to get some more of them.

 

[mcleveland]

Black Silkie x WLH - these are cockerals - I didn't get any pullets of this mix

<----- This is Beast (I mean look at that comb!!!).




Black Silkie x Buff Orpington - this is the pullet and I also have two cockerels of this mix. What I find interesting is her feather pattering is so different from the guys. The guys have more of buff feathers with black lacing and they also have the black with green sheen tail feathers....beautiful (I don't have a pic of them yet, sorry)....but here's the gal....decided to name her Joan Jet (because of her Rocker Chick "hair-do"

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[mcleveland]

Ordered as a Barnevelder, Enya didn't look quite right when she started to feather out. I've been told by a couple sources that she looks like a Welsummer/Barnevelder mix. Whatever she is, she's beautiful!

-Alex

She's beautiful!!

 

[Shadow920]

She's beautiful!!

she's definitely a keeper

 

[Alexandra33]

Thank you so much, @mcleveland and @Shadow920 ! I agree, she's a keeper for sure. And such a nice girl, to boot.

-Alex

 

[MerleMice]

Speckled Sussex X Black Australorp (SS male)

Some chicks come out with a yellow area on the head, others do not.

Adolescent male shortly before butchering. Some red leakage in neck feathers, heavier in the one born with a head spot.

I have after butchered pictures but will refrain from sharing, I was fairly impressed with how well fleshed out they were.

 

[Chicken-Eye]

Before I joined BYC, I had a breeding project to create a '99er' fowl. After 2 years, here are the 3 I got from the last breeding. It's been about a week and a half since they've hatched if my memory is right. Genetic tests have been taken, and they revealed 99.8% Red Orpington and 1.2% Golden Fayoumi. Close enough! There's Tourmaline at the far left, Terracotta in the middle and Clay on the far right. 2 cockerels, 1 pullet. (I think xD)

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

. Any idea what this little squirt is? The roosters are barred Cochin Bantam, and a black jersey ameraucana cross

 

[BaileyMChicks]

. Any idea what this little squirt is? The roosters are barred Cochin Bantam, and a black jersey ameraucana cross

Are it's legs feathered, even a little bit? if they are then the dad was most likely a cochin bantam. Cute chick. It also looks small too. What was the mom?