I have a proposition for you folks on this forum...since I joined, I have seen quite a few people post questions about what the result would be if they mixed breed A with breed B(in fact, I believe my first post on this site was asking exactly that about a barred rock x buff orpington cross)... the chicken calculator helps, but those illustrations don't really give the best idea of what an actual bird looks like...so here is my idea... lets create a reference thread to show what you get when you cross two different breeds...
basically, people would just need to post photos of their crosses as well as list what was crossed with what to get it...
some basic guidelines:
1- photos need to be of adult birds... you can post chick pics in addition to the photos of adult birds, but the idea is to show what it would look like all grow-ed up...
2-try to only show the cross in question in a photo... if the only photo you have is of multiple birds, try to crop in on the one in question, or at least tell people which one it is
3-must be the crossing of two actual breeds... I suspect showing a cross between a mixed breed and a pure breed will only confuse matters
4-parent breeds must be listed as Rooster breed x Hen Breed... this is just to avoid confusion and make searching the thread for the specific crosses easier... and spell out the breed, no abbreviations
5-be sure to list the sex of the bird(s) shown... telling them apart might seem to be a no-brainer to a lot of us, but telling the difference might be tricky to a newb
other than that, go nuts... if someone has already posted a cross that you have done, post yours anyway... more pictures will only help...
here are mine
Barred Rock x Buff Orpington
Roosters
Hens
I'll have another one(Buff Brahma x Buff Orpington) in a couple of months
I have a light Brahma roo over all my hens (Welsummer, Easter Egger, White Leghorn, GLWyandotte, buff brahma, dark brahma, light brahma) and i am currently growing some of these chicks! Excited to share when they are older. (Later this year)
I have one Rooster I can share that I made last year:
Light Brahma Roo X Dark Brahma Hen
I have a Light Brahma Roo x wyandotte but im not sure if it is gold laced or silver laced. I still end up with white chicks!
She is still young so maybe she will get some more lacing after a molt or so.
White EE you say??? Crazy! I have a light Brahma over all my hens and I usually just get black and white chicks.... If this is true, then I have hope to see colors other than black and white some day lol
