Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[MysteryChicken]

@MysteryChicken I didn't want to hijack the thread where I saw the picture you posted of a Buff Orpington, Black Australorp cross.

But do you have have many of these? I have a BO roo and BA hens. If one of the girls goes broody, I would love to hatch a cross! What do you think of them? Good layers, decent sized eggs? Pretty.....?

That's the only one of the cross I have left, & they're pretty good consistent layers of large to medium sized eggs. My girl lays brown with speckles.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Egg Production is one thing I don't breed for.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Here's a full body picture of her. It's not the best quality picture.
Tiger.

This is her sister(RIP, Butchered her)

 

[MysteryChicken]

This is Buff Orpington X Barred Rock.

She was butchered last year during winter.

 

[Sally PB]

Pretty birds!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Pretty birds!

Thanks.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I will have to get a Buff Orpington rooster, & some Australorps again to continue my project Wheaten Crele breeding order. I had to reduce close relatives since my gene pool was getting pretty strict.

 

[Sally PB]

Dang, if one of my new chicks is a cockerel, do you want my BO roo? I'm half serious...

 

[MysteryChicken]

Dang, if one of my new chicks is a cockerel, do you want my BO roo? I'm half serious...

What's his body type? I would have to quarantine him for about 6 months max before letting him join my flock.

I can easily breed a pure Buff Orpington cockerel from my own birds though.

 

[Sally PB]

What's his body type?

I don't know enough about breeding to know what that question means. He's hatchery stock (from TSC last year). Here's another picture.

Another ignorant question... why the 6 month quarantine? I thought 30 days was the usual...?