Mixed breeds

[duluthralphie]

I like them both, The cool thing about mixed breed is they are so easy to care for and so fun to have. Pure breeds are harder in that you have to watch where they go and who they hook up with.


I am breeding now for egg color, I want every color and shade I can get.

I also am looking at breeding a meat type bird with a higher percentage of dark meat to white meat. MilllBrookfarm welcome to the thread.

 

[kada6305]

I know not mixed breed. But I got Olafs mom on Sat! So now I have both mom and son. I will post both pictures below

Sorry if its not allowed I just thought it was neat



Olaf



Gossip Girl




EDIT: Olaf IS a mixed breed Brown leghorn/Partridge silkie. Mom is Gossip girl, who is a brown leghorn.

 

[millbrookfarm]

I like them both, The cool thing about mixed breed is they are so easy to care for and so fun to have. Pure breeds are harder in that you have to watch where they go and who they hook up with.


I am breeding now for egg color, I want every color and shade I can get.

I also am looking at breeding a meat type bird with a higher percentage of dark meat to white meat. MilllBrookfarm welcome to the thread.

Thanks!

Just to clarify. I don't hate on purebreds. I just find myself attracted to the landrace "purebreds" (landrace's are purebred right?) like Icelandic or Basque. Which leads me to having a mixed flock in hopes I'll get some cool combos eventually.

 

[guatemalamom]

YAY for mixed breeds!!!! The only so-called "pure" ones we want to breed are silkies and speckled sussex (for now). Everything else is a mix. We have had 1 group of 4 birds hatch last month - 3 most likely have a brahma mother and 1 most likely has an australorp mother - but it is fun to see how they are turning out. Our second group has just pipped today - so I guess we will find out tomorrow/Tuesday what these may look like.

Many people at the farm swap yesterday had no idea about barnyard mixes and were interested to find out that we plan to start selling them as straight runs once we get the hatching rate up a little bit!! Of course, we keep the first one of every litter along with any that I particularly fall in love with - LOL!!

Anyway, so glad to hear that people are not down on the barnyard mix chicken!!

 

[gruffy]

Baby barnevelder ancona mix I hope the eyebrows stay haha

 

[kada6305]

Olaf is such a ham LOL

 

[mrskalka]

Hi im new to thw site. I dont have a flock yet but im reaserching before hand.
What iv come to so far(possibly changing) is i want a mixed flock. Im thinking i want some buff orpintons, ameraucanas, plymouth rocks and maybed some wayottes.
My question is i want a wheaten duckling cubalaya roo. Will he be to small for the hens? Iv read than some bigger roos have a big chance of being aggresive twards everythin.
Many people have recomended smaller roos because they r nicer to owner and his hens.

 

[gruffy]

I've had some really mean little roos I actually find the bigger ones are nicer but it mostly depends on the breed and how they've been raised. I suggest the Murray mcmurray chick selector for finding breed temperament
The best rooster we've had was a Cornish roaster but he had some bad health problems and didn't live long at all. Barnevelders and cochins are some of the mildest birds as well

 

[mrskalka]

Thanks gruffy. I will look into that.

 

[flockofbantams]

I have 2 really calm,friendly large roos, a wyandotte and a cochin and great friendly little bantam roo a serama. I have had a very aggressive bantam polish and a very aggressive bantam cochin.
I think blood line and breed has a lot to do with the attitude of the roos. Just my personaly opinion get a roo from a breeder, that way you can ask what that roos bloodline are (that's roos parents attitude)