For the second year! Naked neck EE questions.

[Chokmasterph]

Hi from the philippines again! I’d like to ask for some guidance once more.

Im not sure if this is ok to post in this sub forum or in the breeding one. Kindly remove if im wrong and sorry.

I’m almost 2 years in this backyard chicken fun and I find it enjoyable. From my 7 initial chicks I managed to get it to 24 (mostly roosters) and now back down to 12 because I cooked most of them . So right now im thinking of adding a new breed and I would like to ask opinions so that I don’t go in the wrong direction.

Right now the breed im looking at is a naked neck mix breed. I picked it because I want something that will thrive in our hot and humid weather. The breeder currently has no day old chicks and he is selling 9-10 month ish cockerel/pullets that are already laying olive/blue eggs. So my questions start here.

1. I’m planning to start with a pair and I will just add some of my other hens with the NN hen in the breeding pen but will only incubate the NN hen. Now If I breed the daughters of this pair to the father will I still get a blue/olive eggs or is there a chance that Ill also get a different color?

2. If I keep pairing the main rooster to the daughters/ grand daughters; when would I need a new rooster and can I get it from the sons or do I need to source outside again?
2.1 can I introduce a pure NN rooster to any of the daughters of the mix? Will they still have colored egg or will they eventually return to brown?

3. Will this breed be ok or is there something negative about raising mixed breeds?

Hope my questions make sense

Will post picture of the possible pair once I get permission from the breeder.

 

[Debbie292d]

You've got EE, which are a hybrid cross and mixed breeds you don't necessarily know the heritage/genes of, so anything is possible from your #1 question. I'd guess that most, if not all, should lay the olive/blue eggs though.

Are you keeping these as pets or hoping to sell? The answer to #2 I'd say is you could keep going with the grandchildren, but somewhere in there you'd want new genes to avoid possible weaker chicks with issues or intensifying bad traits. Especially if you plan to breed to sell them, I'd get a new rooster sooner and not breed the family together.

There is nothing wrong with mixing breeds up. Sometimes, those mixed make the most beautiful offspring. It's all what your goals are. I won't mix as I want pure silkies and breed them to sell. I won't go past the 1st generation unless I have no choice. Never past 2nd gen though.

That said, there are those that have the first set of chickens and never brought others into the mix. That evolved into a huge backyard flock just from the first pair. I think that's asking for trouble in that they would eventually start having issues with their chicks.