Finders keepers. But what am I keeping?

[LuckyCluckyCA]

From my iPhone today

 

[Cyprus]

From my iPhone todayView attachment 1869696

I am confident that these are cross breeds.

 

[ShannonR]

I am confident that these are cross breeds.

I'm fairly confident that they are not. Their size, type, coloring all seem very uniform for them to be just random mutts. Time will tell!!!

 

[cstephens1987]

I'm guessing they're EE/Brahma cross. If you scroll through this thread there's some lovely ones that look like what I anticipate you have.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/brahma-ee-cross-pictures.167447/

 

[Cyprus]

I'm fairly confident that they are not. Their size, type, coloring all seem very uniform for them to be just random mutts. Time will tell!!!

Random mutts wouldn't be so consistent in characteristics.

 

[ShannonR]

Random mutts wouldn't be so consistent in characteristics.

Neither would 1st gen cross breeds

 

[cstephens1987]

Neither would 1st gen cross breeds

Idk sex links are first gen cross breeds, and they're pretty consistent

 

[Cyprus]

Neither would 1st gen cross breeds

They would for having a muff, pea comb and feathered legs. Those are all dominant traits that are easy to get consistently in a first gen cross.

 

[ShannonR]

They would for having a muff, pea comb and feathered legs. Those are all dominant traits that are easy to get consistently in a first gen cross.

From what I am seeing, the muff and beard traits are incomplete dominant.
www.backyardchickens.com/threads/muff-and-beard-genetics.942770/

So they would not, in fact, show up totally consistently in F1 crosses. There are other traits we are ignoring as well, such as leg color, skin color and feather patterning.
Leg feathering, while dominant, is much lesser in crossbreeds (not as many feathers as feather footed parent) and it NOT a guarantee in an F1 cross. This is why folks get F1 Silkie mixes with both feathered and clean legs.

When I look at these birds as a whole, despite the small sample size of 4, what I am seeing is pretty consistent for (to clarify: to be) an F1 cross. But, like I said before, time will tell!

Edited for clarification, guess I used the wrong wording.

 

[Cyprus]

From what I am seeing, the muff and beard traits are incomplete dominant.
www.backyardchickens.com/threads/muff-and-beard-genetics.942770/

So they would not, in fact, show up totally consistently in F1 crosses. There are other traits we are ignoring as well, such as leg color, skin color and feather patterning.
Leg feathering, while dominant, is much lesser in crossbreeds (not as many feathers as feather footed parent) and it NOT a guarantee in an F1 cross. This is why folks get F1 Silkie mixes with both feathered and clean legs.

When I look at these birds as a whole, despite the small sample size of 4, what I am seeing is pretty consistent for an F1 cross. But, like I said before, time will tell!

Wouldn't an F1 cross be a cross bred, hmm?