new chicken breed

[Beau plus penny]

I do not know if that is possible or not.

Have you actually raised any chickens yet?
If so, have you had any with feathered feet?

If yes, you probably do know what you are getting into.
If no, I strongly recommend that you try raising a few, before you commit yourself to a multi-year project to breed chickens with feathers on their feet.

I have had a few chickens with feathered feet-- only a few, because I rapidly got tired of foot feathers with mud or poop in them. Some people like feathered feet, and some people seem to manage to keep them clean, but my birds seemed to be very attracted to every possible bit of poop or mud, so the foot feathers were often gross. Foot feathers also make it hard to see legbands (which are otherwise a handy way to identify individual chickens for a breeding project or any other reason). I now have a very strong preference for chickens with no feathers on their feet.

we sure do im well aware cochins are my favorite breed. i think it also depends on where you live at im in the midwest and you think their feathered feet would get really dirty but they dont somehow.

 

[Beau plus penny]

I do not know if that is possible or not.

Have you actually raised any chickens yet?
If so, have you had any with feathered feet?

If yes, you probably do know what you are getting into.
If no, I strongly recommend that you try raising a few, before you commit yourself to a multi-year project to breed chickens with feathers on their feet.

I have had a few chickens with feathered feet-- only a few, because I rapidly got tired of foot feathers with mud or poop in them. Some people like feathered feet, and some people seem to manage to keep them clean, but my birds seemed to be very attracted to every possible bit of poop or mud, so the foot feathers were often gross. Foot feathers also make it hard to see legbands (which are otherwise a handy way to identify individual chickens for a breeding project or any other reason). I now have a very strong preference for chickens with no feathers on their feet.

i have had chickens since i was younger

 

[NatJ]

we sure do im well aware cochins are my favorite breed. i think it also depends on where you live at im in the midwest and you think their feathered feet would get really dirty but they dont somehow.

I'm glad you already have experience with feathered feet, and that they work for you!

Sometimes people come on here with lots of ideas and no experience at all, and other times people have lots of experience with chickens even when they are new to the forum, and I am no good at guessing which is which.

 

[Beau plus penny]

so i tried to see if microsofts ai would be more accurate for what it might look like in F1

i will say this is probably ever so slightly more accurate than gpt but it does show any double lacing which is weird but the leakage and stuff is probably realistic to what would happen in F1 generation cross

 

[Beau plus penny]

like arent they beautiful

 

[Vulpes vulpes]

so i tried to see if microsofts ai would be more accurate for what it might look like in F1

i will say this is probably ever so slightly more accurate than gpt but it does show any double lacing which is weird but the leakage and stuff is probably realistic to what would happen in F1 generation cross

These are still AI generated images. They have no real bearing on what this cross would actually look like. AI is fun to play around with, but it does not reflect reality. Using it as a crutch will make things easier in the short term, but in the long term it will become more and more detrimental to your cause. It seems like you care about this project, so I'd like to see it go well for you. AI doesn't really understand genetics, and following its advice will invariably lead you astray at some point.

If I understand correctly, you're not able to start breeding yet, and you're making plans while you wait for the time to be right? My (unsolicited) advice would be to spend this time reading as much as you can about genetics and breeding. Any books you can find on this subject, as well as threads on this forum, will be very helpful resources. If you can dedicate years to this process in the future, then you can dedicate some hours of preliminary research now. I promise it'll make things a lot easier later on

 

[MamaPoult]

@Beau plus penny I think this is a cool idea! Of course you can never predict what the final product will look like but I love experimenting with mixes and like to watch others too .

 

[Beau plus penny]

These are still AI generated images. They have no real bearing on what this cross would actually look like. AI is fun to play around with, but it does not reflect reality. Using it as a crutch will make things easier in the short term, but in the long term it will become more and more detrimental to your cause. It seems like you care about this project, so I'd like to see it go well for you. AI doesn't really understand genetics, and following its advice will invariably lead you astray at some point.

If I understand correctly, you're not able to start breeding yet, and you're making plans while you wait for the time to be right? My (unsolicited) advice would be to spend this time reading as much as you can about genetics and breeding. Any books you can find on this subject, as well as threads on this forum, will be very helpful resources. If you can dedicate years to this process in the future, then you can dedicate some hours of preliminary research now. I promise it'll make things a lot easier later on

Yea I've been studying genetics and I know that the blue would probably dilute the gold and the black from the barnevelder if I remember blue genetic correctly

 

[Beau plus penny]

Also there's no way a f1 cross would be that clean