If you could create a breed or a variety of a breed, what would you make?

[ButtonquailGirl14]

white crested black silky

I LOVE this idea! I would want blue laying polishes, that lay well!

 

[Happy Henny]

View attachment 1771286 View attachment 1771285 I wanted a Polish Roo with lots of color and a beautiful crest to boot, so I crossed an Easter Egger hen with a white creasted black Polish Roo and got "Spike"! He is colorful alright and much like a game roo but he only has a couple of spiked feathers on his head and no creast... He started out solid black and very much an ugly chick, but he sure is pretty now! Up side is, he has his dad's cool laid back disposition and is super attentive with the ladies! We have sold off most our hens and we now have only 8, and both Roos work the run without so much as a dirty look!
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My roos name is Spike too! Here is a pic of him when he was younger... He is a Sizzle

 

[FluffyChickLover12]

I wish I could make a full sized blue egg laying silkie! I love the silkie, but because they're so small, i'm always worried that the full size fowl are going to injure them, but my easter eggers have no desire to breed with my silkies! Do you guys have any ideas on how to make my silkie rooster want to mate with my easter egger hens?

 

[ColtHandorf]

Let's see:

English Orpingtons in a Blue-laced Red Variety
Javas in Blue (easy by crossing a Blue Jersey Giant onto them), Lavender, Blue Mottled, Lavender Mottled, and conversely because I'd be using Jersey Giants for some of the crosses the same colors could go to them.

And I am currently hunting up some gorgeous Blue/Splash and Lavender Orpingtons in order to create Silver-laced Blue/Splash and Silver-laced Lavender Orpingtons to incorporate into my Silver-laced Orpington breeding program.

 

[BreanneRN]

I wish I could make a full sized blue egg laying silkie! I love the silkie, but because they're so small, i'm always worried that the full size fowl are going to injure them, but my easter eggers have no desire to breed with my silkies! Do you guys have any ideas on how to make my silkie rooster want to mate with my easter egger hens?

I would go with a Silkie Rooster to the EE hens... They rehome a lot of Silkie roosters, so you can just about always find one. I have some from that cross, they lay green eggs, but you would have to take that hen back to the Silkie to get the Silkie fluff back...

 

[BreanneRN]

white crested black silky

Hey, that sounds pretty doable, if you have black silkies and a white crested black polish hen.... I would like to see that too!

 

[sourland]

Hey, that sounds pretty doable, if you have black silkies and a white crested black polish hen.... I would like to see that too!

It would take several generations, and many chicks raised, but that's what I thought might work.

 

[Cyprus]

I'm going to work on creating Silver Laced d'Uccles. I have the parent stock needed.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'd like to make some new varieties of leghorns.

There are already at least 13 color varieties that I'm aware of, not to mention they also come in single and rose comb.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Develop the blue into a consistent sky blue.

Now that is one I think may be doable and one I'd like to see.