Mixed breeds

[suebgbr]

My daughter wants me to put her white stars in with the chocolate wyandottes so she can have chocolate stars!

 

[duluthralphie]

My daughter wants me to put her white stars in with the chocolate wyandottes so she can have chocolate stars!

And if you bred the "chocolate stars" to a CrestedCream Legbar, you could have "creamy chocolate stars"

 

[suebgbr]

Or white silkies so it can be silkie white chocolate stars!

 

[duluthralphie]

Or white silkies so it can be silkie white chocolate stars!

back to my CL's... Creamy white chocolate silkie stars....

 

[suebgbr]

What other mixes could we make? Silkies and legbars- silkie legs?
My daughter says chocolate wyandottes and legbars- chocolate bars

 

[duluthralphie]

chocolate rocks... (chocolate and plymouth rocks)

Or

Rocky Rhodes (road) (rhode island reds and Plymouth rocks)



or

giant chocolate bars ( Jersy Giants and your chocolate bars)

 

[suebgbr]

So cool!
This is fun!

 

[suebgbr]

White star and silver spangled hamburg- star spangled

 

[nikkers390]

Chickens are chickens regardless of whether they are purebred or mixed.
It's not like dogs and cats. There is an overabundance of family pets which are euthanized by the millions every year. At least people with excess chickens have the option eating them. Not to mention that it is not difficult to rehome or sell pullets, mixed or purebred.

I live in the country and my poultry free range for part of the day. Their pens and coops are secure, but when they are out, there are hungry critters with chicken on their menu. Unfortunately predators LOVE chicken. An occasional loss is not surprising.
A barnyard mix, even though a useful bird, is not a huge monetary loss. It is sad, but to me, it is an acceptable risk. If I had some of those rare, costly, (some VERY costly) chickens, I would be ridiculously paranoid about letting them out of their pen. Many are certainly gorgeous but a bobcat doesn't care if you paid $1 or $1000 for that "show quality" bird. It is merely a source of easy to catch food.

Since I will never show a chicken or breed for profit to satisfy the vanity of chicken snobs,
purebred does not make economical sense to me. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I see my mixed flock as a treat for my eyes, peace for my spirit, joyous entertainment and a source of delicious, colorful eggs.

Just sayin'!!

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

 

[donrae]

Chickens are chickens regardless of whether they are purebred or mixed.
It's not like dogs and cats. There is an overabundance of family pets which are euthanized by the millions every year. At least people with excess chickens have the option eating them. Not to mention that it is not difficult to rehome or sell pullets, mixed or purebred.

I live in the country and my poultry free range for part of the day. Their pens and coops are secure, but when they are out, there are hungry critters with chicken on their menu. Unfortunately predators LOVE chicken. An occasional loss is not surprising.
A barnyard mix, even though a useful bird, is not a huge monetary loss. It is sad, but to me, it is an acceptable risk. If I had some of those rare, costly, (some VERY costly) chickens, I would be ridiculously paranoid about letting them out of their pen. Many are certainly gorgeous but a bobcat doesn't care if you paid $1 or $1000  for that "show quality" bird. It is merely a source of easy to catch food.

Since I will never show a chicken or breed for profit to satisfy the vanity of chicken snobs,
purebred does not make economical sense to me. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I see my mixed flock as a treat for my eyes, peace for my spirit, joyous entertainment and a source of delicious, colorful eggs. 

Just sayin'!!

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

I also have mostly mixed breeds and hatchery stock. But, I think calling folks who chose to breed quality birds snobs is a bit much.