mixing breeds

[Wannabe_homesteader]

next spring i am planning on buying two different breeds of dual purpose poultry. i was thinking of barred rocks and buff orpingtons and was planning on getting a dozen or so of each breed, one rooster of each and the rest hens. will i have problems with the roosters fighting or anything? or should i stick with one breed so they don't end up cross breeding? any suggestions are appreciated, thanks!

 

[scbatz33]

Cross breeding is only an issue if you are looking to sell pure bred chickens. If you don't care too much about cross breeds, then it's not a problem. As far as the boys duking it out, as long as you have enough hens you shouldn't have a problem. One roo will assert his dominance and dictate how many girls the other roo gets.

 

[Goose and Fig]

If you get something like RIRs and white rocks or barred rocks- and you just get an RIR roo- you'll get 1/2 pure and 1/2 sex-link chicks that are great layers too.