Has anyone bred their generic brown laying hybrid hen with a generic "brown laying" hybrid rooster?

[chickenflower]

I tried out my incubator with eggs from my brown layer hybrids and a rooster of the same kind. I cannot find ANY pictures of what these chickens might look like. Has anyone tried it and can post pics of the results. I am only looking for pics.
Yes, I know they don't "breed true." I wouldn't be asking this question if they did.
Yes, I know I won't be able to determine males and female upon hatching.
Yes, I know they won't have the same egg laying ability as their mamas.
Yes, I know they could all come out looking different from each other and their parents.
Yes, I know generic brown laying chickens can come from different breeds and that not all hybrids are the same combination of parent breeds.
I just want to know if anyone did this before and if they have pics to post. AND it would be interesting if someone bred the resulting chicks, and if they have a story about that.
thanks.

 

[Michael OShay]

The answer to your question depends on whether or not your brown hybrid layers are Production Reds or Red Sex Links. If they are Production Reds (which is most likely) and you breed them to a Production Red rooster, the offspring will look just like the parents. If your brown hybrid layers are Red Sex Links (this the case if they have white feathers in their tails) and you breed them to either a Red Sex Link rooster or a Production Red rooster, then the offspring will not necessarily look like the parents. They will likely be primarily red with a smattering of white feathering in them. There are some pics below of both Production Red hens and Red Sex Link hens for you to compare your brown layers with.

Production Red hens (http://s299.photobucket.com/user/missroseyposey00/media/dscf0005-5.jpg.html)

Red Sex Link hens (https://ivegonecountry.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/100_6908.jpg)

 

[chickenflower]

I am pretty sure that I was clear about wanting pictures of the resulting chicks, because as I admitted, I already KNOW that all generic brown laying hybrids are not exactly the same. So, to avoid anyone giving me more pics of what they think my chickens look like, I submit this pic of the rooster and one of the hens, of which all the other hens are the same kind.

My research online has convinced me that this rooster might be a male of what is known as a "red star" since images of my Edward came up when I googled "red star rooster"(also, I obtained him from the same hatchery that produces the brown layers) but I am still not 100% sure. There are not many pics of the roos of generic brown laying hybrids. Regardless, I am interested in pictures of the chicks and chickens that have resulted from breeding generic brown laying hens to their male counterparts.

Now, hopefully the person who responded to this post has pictures of the CHICKENS THEY HATCHED FROM THESE CHICKENS, otherwise it was an almost useless reply without the inclusion of the pictures of the resulting chicks from one or both of these 2 types of generic brown laying hybrids.

So, did you actually breed these 2 hybrids together with their kind?? Do you have pics of the resulting chickens?? The wording you use in your reply makes me think you are just guessing as to what they will "likely" look like or "not necessarily" look like. Also, you show no pics of the roosters...do you even have any??

So, my original question stands...does anyone have pictures of chickens that are the result of a breeding between any generic brown laying hens and males of the same kind.

 

[Michael OShay]

The reason I responded to your post with pictures of the adult birds is because it was impossible to answer your question about what the offspring would look like without establishing what kind of "brown hybrid layers" you had. The term brown hybrid layer really doesn't mean anything and could have been used to describe either Production Reds or Red Sex Links in which case the answer to your question would be very different. If your "brown hybrid layers" had been Production Reds, I could have posted some pics of the chicks of Production Red roosters X Production Red hens. However, since it appears from the pic you posted that your "brown hybrid layers" are in fact, Red Sex Links (Red Star is one of a number of labels under which some hatcheries market their Red Sex Links), then I can't post any pics as I've never crossed Red Sex Link roosters X Red Sex Link hens since they won't breed true and the offspring will just be barnyard mutts. I have seen the adult offspring of these RSL roo X RSL hens, and males and females cannot be distinguished by feather coloring.

 

[Michael OShay]

The reason I responded to your post with pictures of the adult birds is because it was impossible to answer your question about what the offspring would look like without establishing what kind of "brown hybrid layers" you had. The term brown hybrid layer really doesn't mean anything and could have been used to describe either Production Reds or Red Sex Links in which case the answer to your question would be very different. If your "brown hybrid layers" had been Production Reds, I could have posted some pics of the chicks of Production Red roosters X Production Red hens. However, since it appears from the pic you posted that your "brown hybrid layers" are in fact, Red Sex Links (Red Star is one of a number of labels under which some hatcheries market their Red Sex Links), then I can't post any pics as I've never crossed Red Sex Link roosters X Red Sex Link hens since they won't breed true and the offspring will just be barnyard mutts. I have seen the adult offspring of these RSL roo X RSL hens, and males and females cannot be distinguished by feather coloring.

P.S. If you want to see some pics of Production Red X Production Red offspring (even though it appears that you have RSLs instead), here is a pic of my granddaughter with some PR chicks (and
others as well). The brown chicks in the cage are all PR chicks. Sorry I don't have a shot closer up, but when I took the pic, I didn't have in mind showing the chicks in detail. )

 

[donrae]

edited....I completely regret posting on this thread and bringing attention to it.

 

[chickenflower]

https://www.purelypoultry.com/blog/...tween-production-reds-and-sex-linked-hybrids/

This website link above seems to say that Production Reds are a true breed in which case they would breed more of their own kind. If I had these birds, I would know what they're going to look like when bred.
I think you thought, as I did at first, that Production Reds are a hybrid. The link I posted says they are a true breed. So that's cleared up, unless the website is wrong, then so am I.

In my case, I know for certain that my hens are all hybrid brown layers, but I don't know which kind since I know they can come with different copyrighted names from different hatcheries and, so I thought, slightly different parents. Different sources say different things about the parentage of brown egg laying hybrids. The farm store can't tell me what they are and I have yet to contact the hatchery. The rooster got dumped on me because the guy who ordered him from the same farm store realized that he lives in the city where he shouldn't have a rooster....no kidding.

If I didn't say from the get-go that I have hybrids, I'm sorry about that, but I am sure I did. I'm also sure I said that I know that they will not be distinguishable male and female upon hatching. I also stated that I already know that they will not breed true. The reason I stated a long list of all the things I already know in my original question is that these question and answer posts always give you answers you already know or assumptions without knowing the real answers. I was trying to avoid that, and it didn't work.

I have 6 days left until my chicks hatch from my incubator, and who knows how long until they feather out and I can see what they will look like. When that happens (cross my fingers because this is the first hatch I ever do), I will post pics of my own and then the next person looking for pics of chickens from hybrid laying brown hens and their male counterpart will have some.

 

[torilovessmiles]

I'll have to get you some pictures, but I have red sexlink x Production Red chicks. I hatched 6 of them. I have 2 that are almost completely red with a little black and a tiny bit of white on the wings, and the other 4 were red and white, like their mothers. One of my Red Stars went broody (go figure) and just hatched 7 more, and it looks like a similar ratio. I'll have to wait until they grow up to find out though. I expect them to lay like their mothers do

 

[enola]

Since no one seems to be able to answer your question to your satisfaction, then I guess you will have to wait 6 more days and see for your self.

 

[Torch404]

Since no one seems to be able to answer your question to your satisfaction, then I guess you will have to wait 6 more days and see for your self.

I have the pictures you're looking for but why would I dig them up for someone acting like this? Good luck waiting a whole 6 days.