JG Delaware Cross?

[GingerHippie]

Hey all.
We are raising meat birds for the first time this year and decided to go with Jersey Giants. My chicks should be here Friday. I already have a couple JG hens, and I recently came into ownership of a very handsome Delaware roo. His favorite hens happen to be my JGs.

I'm just wondering if they would make a good cross so I could hatch and raise my own meat birds from chicks instead of having to order them.
Anyone have any input when it comes to these breeds?

 

[redsoxs]

Sounds like an interesting cross. You might ask the folks in the link below. Good luck to you!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/14/breeds-genetics-showing

 

[GingerHippie]

Thanks.

 

[PressOn]

How did your experiment go 8 years ago. I am having similar thoughts. My goal is to find a mix that will give me a 10 plus lb. meat bird in 5 months from foraging. (5 months because that is our last freeze to first freeze). Possible mixes could be a combination of the following:

• Jersey Giant
• Cornish Indian Game
• Delaware
• Plymouth Rock (White or Barred)
• Faverolles