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That is an option, but my hens are small. The only Shamo cock I have now is 9lb 6oz last time I weighed and is a little under 3' tall; I worry about size difference with him breeding over the little hens. On the traits, I have found grading AG over Shamo tend to make the birds take after the parent of the opposite sex. I crossed a Wheaten Shamo cock over a silver wheaten AG hen (mind you, this Shamo cock was small, only around 7 3/4 pounds and the hen was also larger than I think the Kraienköppe will be), all stags came golden duckwing/spangled golden duckwing and looked more similarly to a AG except the tail was held lower and the wattles were smaller. The hens looked almost like what some people call "Asils", they showed a lot of the Oriental characteristics with very few AG characteristics. They also only came Wheaten/Spangled, I never got any other colored pullet. Weight wise on that cross was not any different than typical of the AG I think, but the cock was only in the 7 pound range and that grey blood was known for being in the low 6's at times so that could be why I didn't see much weight fluctuation. I will say though, that cross produced some of the best egg laying games I've ever seen for some reason.
But believe me, I have considered it.. I got to looking at my old Shamo hen the other day and noticing her comb doesn't look completely like a pea comb, makes me wonder if it maybe part walnut which can and has been known to happen very rarely.. She's decent size too, or at least throws decent sized birds whilst also being one of the lesser aggressive of the hens though she can usually be pretty nasty herself at times. If I still have her at the time of breeding season, I may try to put the birds together and see how they do. But I know right now the little Kraienköppe stand no chance, the free rangers have tried when I let her out one day to no success.
On Kraienköppe, I have them all a little different- fast maturing fowl with short stumpy legs and birds that are real tall; on the slow maturing birds I've also got both types but the funny thing is they are all about 3-4 pounds now weight wise even though you'd believe some of them had to be at least 5 or so due to the way they look. I've picked them up and they appear to be in good shape, they just aren't very meaty yet I suppose. Once they completely finish growing maybe they will weigh a lot, not sure. I'm just ready for breeding season.
God bless,
Daniel.
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