half-breeds

[Czech's_chicks]

I was just curious. I raised scovy for almost 15 years, off and on. In that time I have had 2 half-breeds. The first one was a hen that was half scovy and half sweed. The second was a drake, Tweener, who was probably the same because of the coloring, but could have also been part pekin.

Has anyone else been blessed with these misfits?

 

[FenDruadin]

I would actually love to have a couple some day. They are beautiful! But of course they're sterile, so they're not very sustainable as a small-farm breed, unless you're breeding them for meat from pure strains you also keep on hand. We don't grow our own meat, though (tried it, hated it, much easier to buy locally pastured meat and not have to look the critter in the eyes first--yeah, we're wimps), so it's probably not in my future. I do think they make beautiful birds, though!