Fertilized eggs.. feel this a stupid ? but here goes..

[jllracer55]

We have what I believe to be 2 brown leghorn roosters.. If I were to keep 1 to help with fertilizing some eggs.. will the fertilized eggs be a mixed breed? (ie if mated with a California white will the fertilized eggs be both mixed like most beings?) sorry for such a stupid question.. just didnt know if mother hen determined the chick breed or if a mix did..thanks.

 

[TheDocter21]

You can mix breed chickens, just like a dog. You need to do some research on certain breed mixes. For example, a Frizzle is a mix. Just be careful about mixing chicken breeds, you mix the good and the bad; sometimes the bad can be overwhelming.

 

[jllracer55]

well so that leads me to my next question.. to get a bure bred Id need a male of each breed wouldnt I?

 

[TheDocter21]

To get a pure bred chicken, the mother hen and the father hen need to be the same breed. If they differ, it is a mix.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Yes they would be mixed breed
To get purebred offspring yes you need a male and female of the same breed.
If you have different hens and you want purebred chicks from each you would need a rooster of each breed.

Frizzles aren't mix breeds. Frizzle is a gene not a breed. You can breed the frizzle gene into any breed.
Not sure what overwhelming bad you could get from mixing breeds. Never been my experience.

 

[TheDocter21]

I meant father rooster

 

[jllracer55]

Have you done mating to have baby chicks ?

Yes they would be mixed breed
To get purebred offspring yes you need a male and female of the same breed.
If you have different hens and you want purebred chicks from each you would need a rooster of each breed.

Frizzles aren't mix breeds. Frizzle is a gene not a breed. You can breed the frizzle gene into any breed.
Not sure what overwhelming bad you could get from mixing breeds. Never been my experience.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Yes

 

[Beer can]

We have what I believe to be 2 brown leghorn roosters.. If I were to keep 1 to help with fertilizing some eggs.. will the fertilized eggs be a mixed breed? (ie if mated with a California white will the fertilized eggs be both mixed like most beings?) sorry for such a stupid question.. just didnt know if mother hen determined the chick breed or if a mix did..thanks.

Yes, mix breed. Already starting with mix breeds, California whites are... mixed breeds of white leghorns and California greys..., that are mixes of barred rock with white leghorns..
A brown leghorn/California white cross, will most likely give you.. a excellent egg laying offspring.
Most likely, I'm not good on chicken color genetics just guessing, look like Pyle leghorns, roosters super pretty, hens not so much, like white leghorns with a little red color on their necks.