I would like to know what breeds everyone has. I am trying to do some planning for next year. I go back and forth on what I want but I have to keep my main priority right up front, and that is eggs. I currently have BSL, a couple Australorps, 2 buff orps and a mutt rooster. The mutt rooster will go when I get another one. My thinking now is to go with good brown egg layers.
So with that in mind here are my thoughts. I think I want my rooster to be a RIR. I want some Delawares, RIR, Barred Rock, and Black Australorps as my pullets. Others I am considering just to get some in the flock are Speckled Sussex, Welsummer and RI White pullets.
Some of my reasoning is this. I know the sex link chickens are good egg layers. With a RIR roo I can cross with a Barred Rock hen and get BSL, with a Delaware hen and get red sex links, and if I get a RIWhite a gold sex link.
I know that RIR's are good layers themselves so here is one of my questions..
1. Do RIR roo x RIR hen = RIR chicks
2. If I got a white rock instead of a RIwhite could I still get a Gold sex link with a RIR roox White Rock hen?
3. Are Delawares a mix or is it Delaware roo x Delaware hen to get a Delaware chick?
Then do any of you have any of these breeds that you sell sometimes? Have I missed anything here, I am really trying to think this through and plan. I live in Madison county but live close to Union & Adair county and travel through Dallas and Polk a lot. I don't have an incubator yet either but that is not out of the realm by next spring.
This will be for early next spring but I am trying to get this formulated so I have my plan. I only want around 20 pullets total. Please educate me if I have mistated something or if there is a really good breed that I have missed. Thanks everyone, I love this forum.
So with that in mind here are my thoughts. I think I want my rooster to be a RIR. I want some Delawares, RIR, Barred Rock, and Black Australorps as my pullets. Others I am considering just to get some in the flock are Speckled Sussex, Welsummer and RI White pullets.
Some of my reasoning is this. I know the sex link chickens are good egg layers. With a RIR roo I can cross with a Barred Rock hen and get BSL, with a Delaware hen and get red sex links, and if I get a RIWhite a gold sex link.
I know that RIR's are good layers themselves so here is one of my questions..
1. Do RIR roo x RIR hen = RIR chicks
2. If I got a white rock instead of a RIwhite could I still get a Gold sex link with a RIR roox White Rock hen?
3. Are Delawares a mix or is it Delaware roo x Delaware hen to get a Delaware chick?
Then do any of you have any of these breeds that you sell sometimes? Have I missed anything here, I am really trying to think this through and plan. I live in Madison county but live close to Union & Adair county and travel through Dallas and Polk a lot. I don't have an incubator yet either but that is not out of the realm by next spring.
This will be for early next spring but I am trying to get this formulated so I have my plan. I only want around 20 pullets total. Please educate me if I have mistated something or if there is a really good breed that I have missed. Thanks everyone, I love this forum.