Has this been done before?

[afre13]

So, I've been doing some research and have learned about the California Gray and California White chicken. I've been thinking and I would possibly like to do something similar.

I currently have a buff Orpington cockerel and am hoping to get some buff Leghorn hens. I was thinking about doing the California white process, but with buff chickens instead.

I am hoping to get the docile nature and bigger body of the Orpington, but also have the prolific egg laying of the Leghorn.

Would this work? Any suggestions?

 

[rainbowrooster]

Sounds like you want a buff Minorca. You can cross the two mentioned breeds and you will get an in-betweener with white legs. Its ability to lay will be improved every year that you only breed from the best laying hens.

 

[dan26552]

Sounds like you want a buff Minorca.  You can cross the two mentioned breeds and you will get an in-betweener with white legs.  Its ability to lay will be improved every year that you only breed from the best laying hens. 

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