In this Breeding thread, we post our Breeding Wishes

[artbykarenehaley]

I want a clean legged Cochin type bird with a beard. Maybe it would lay colored eggs. I just live in such a wet environment the feathered legs can be a mud magnet.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

To keep illness threats lower

I said I know why.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

I would like a dual purpose breed with a pea comb, that comes in many colors.
There are Wyandottes with rose combs.
There are several breeds with single combs (Plymouth Rock, Sussex, Orpington)

Buckeyes are pretty much right-- but they only come in one color.

Standard Cornish are close when they are hatchery-grade, but the "good" ones are way too broad. And they still only come in a few colors.

They should exist in several patterns: single laced, double laced, spangled, and columbian.
Each pattern should come in gold and in silver, and maybe in red as well.
The lacing (or spangling or columbian markings) should be black, blue, splash, white, and chocolate.

It might also be nice to have them in solid colors (red, buff, black, blue, chocolate, white), along with barred, crele, mottled, and mille fleur. The barred and mottled could also be in black, blue, and chocolate.

Basic traits would be like any other good dual purpose breed: grow quickly to a moderate size, with hens that lay plenty of brown eggs and rarely go broody. I also want the pullets to start laying eggs at an early age.

I like eggs with darker speckles, but good production is more important than whether the eggs have speckles or not.

They should have normal feathering that does not require any special care, like what you would find on a Rock or Wyandotte or Rhode Island Red. So no feathered feet, crests, muff/beard, silkie feathers, frizzle feathers, extra-long tails, or the really fluffy feathers that can interfere with mating. No hen feathering either.

I had a dual purpose chicken once. her name was sparkle. I loved that hen. She was the best hen ever. She was Hickety Pickety my Fat Black Hen. she laid eggs, but not for any gentlemen. I went to the coop every day to see the olive egg my black hen laid. She only laid one. I miss Hickety Pickety my Fat Black Hen.

 

[artbykarenehaley]

I would like a dual purpose breed with a pea comb, that comes in many colors.
There are Wyandottes with rose combs.
There are several breeds with single combs (Plymouth Rock, Sussex, Orpington)

Buckeyes are pretty much right-- but they only come in one color.

Standard Cornish are close when they are hatchery-grade, but the "good" ones are way too broad. And they still only come in a few colors.

They should exist in several patterns: single laced, double laced, spangled, and columbian.
Each pattern should come in gold and in silver, and maybe in red as well.
The lacing (or spangling or columbian markings) should be black, blue, splash, white, and chocolate.

It might also be nice to have them in solid colors (red, buff, black, blue, chocolate, white), along with barred, crele, mottled, and mille fleur. The barred and mottled could also be in black, blue, and chocolate.

Basic traits would be like any other good dual purpose breed: grow quickly to a moderate size, with hens that lay plenty of brown eggs and rarely go broody. I also want the pullets to start laying eggs at an early age.

I like eggs with darker speckles, but good production is more important than whether the eggs have speckles or not.

They should have normal feathering that does not require any special care, like what you would find on a Rock or Wyandotte or Rhode Island Red. So no feathered feet, crests, muff/beard, silkie feathers, frizzle feathers, extra-long tails, or the really fluffy feathers that can interfere with mating. No hen feathering either.

I would have a pea comb dual purpose bird, I like the pea comb. I've considered buckeyes before but I prefer other colors than red.

 

[Iluveggers]

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Beautiful…

 

[MysteryChicken]

My Black to White Experiment will include: Mother

Father

Daughter(Fat Lady, the Chameleon)She was solid black for 2yrs.

And a couple unrelated, solid, & barred roosters.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

I’d like to see salmon colored D’Uccles, Naked Neck D’Uccles and Silkied D’Uccles. Maybe a variety of D’Uccles that lays colored eggs.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

I’d like to see salmon colored D’Uccles, Naked Neck D’Uccles and Silkied D’Uccles. Maybe a variety of D’Uccles that lays colored eggs.

I would love to see NN d'uccles. that would be like so awsome.
I don't usually use the word "like" in that way. guess I'm adopting the real american language, rather than a simplified version of the English one.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Glad to see appreciation of the naked neck trait here as well! I did have a thought a few weeks back about breeding my naked neck bantam pullet to a silkied Cochin male to try to produce silkied naked necks without the Silkie breed traits I don't care for, especially the crest...

 

[MysteryChicken]

Naked Neck reminded me of a future project I wanna do, but forgot to list.

The project is to create a Turkey like meat chicken. I'm calling it the Churkey.

Breeds planning on using are:

Malays

LF Cornish Games

Naked Necks