This little booger is a Buff Rock x Barred Rock. Has some gold coming in between the black and white bars. Probably going to be a rooster.
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I wanted to hatch some chicks this spring and sell them at a farmers market in my town. Is it a bad idea to start spreading mixed birds around? I know there's something to be said about pure breeds, but if I breed my best egg layers and hatch them, then tell them that they are mutts and just for egg laying, is that okay?
To me it looks like he has too much red in him to be the Buff Orpington. Couple questions to consider is are the Orpington's pure breeds? Are the Red Stars pure also? If there's any crosses before this actual guy then it would be very difficult to accurately ID him. He looks like he will be very good looking Roo tho.
The Buff Orpington's I have are pure breeds (got them from Murray McMurray hatchery) and honestly, I don't know if the red stars are actually Red Stars.. they are my first non-pure breeds I've ever owned.... my husband picked them up from Tractor Supply and he said that they were RIR at first. Then thought maybe they said Production Red... When they were first growing I thought they looked more like Red Stars...
Now that I think about it, perhaps Patches is a cross with the birds above... especially since it has a white earlobe.
That could be a possibility.I did not notice the white earlobe. The Red Star chickens as you may know are a cross breed chicken already. Most times the dad will be a RiR or a New Hampshire Red. The moms are different red chicken varieties some hatcheries use Delaware hens or Light Sussex hens. I personally like heritage chickens. That is a term that has been thrown around probably too much but basically means pure strains and not hatchery birds, as the hatcheries are concerned with production... I want to make some more of the crosses I had before they were fantastic egg layers and fertility is outstanding.