SHOW OFF UR CROSS BREEDS

[TashaFrancois]

 

[AusHen]

My silkie cross chicks again but much bigger now. Looks like three cockerels and thee pullets

 

[TashaFrancois]

My silkie cross chicks again but much bigger now. Looks like three cockerels and thee pullets
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What are the parents again?

 

[AusHen]

They are meant to be silkie x araucana. I know the silkie part is right but I'll have to wait until the girls lay to see if they give me green eggs

 

[Maugwa]

These will probably be some pretty common crosses, maybe some of you already have some. My flock is two Rhode Island Reds, one of which is my only rooster, four Barred Rock hens, five Golden Comet hens, and five Buff Orpington hens. They all are one year old right now. Since they began laying I have gotten 11 - 14 eggs every day, even through Wyoming blizzards. I think I need more though and am hoping to find a broody or two soon. Since there is only the one RIR rooster, all my first generation eggs will be; RIR x RIR, RIR x BR, RIR x BO, and RIR x GC (I know that the Golden Comets are already a hybrid, and this wouldn't be a true first gen hybrid, and therefore have a lot of variation) I'm mostly curious about the RIR x BR, and RIR x BO possibilities (and getting a few more straight RIR). Do any of you have experience with these crosses? Or photos?, Are there any sex links to RIR roo x BO, or BR hens?

On the other hand those Golden Comets have been excellent layers too, and I can identify their eggs from the rest by the darker shade of brown (I can tell the BR as the lightest shade too). So I can pull eggs and eliminate the wide varieties from GC 2nd gen, but may leave a few just to get clutch sizes I want, and just to see what happens.

If all goes as planned, I have broody pen waiting, I'll get pics and post more, but I also would greatly appreciate a preview of what to expect from any of these crosses.

Thanks

 

[WickedChicksNH]

I just put 3 eggs in my incubator . My NH red x with my mille fleur booted batam d'uccle
Not sure if they are fertile as it's still too soon to tell
But I have seen them do the deed
So fingers crossed

 

[AusHen]

They sure did turn out interesting. I wish I know what went into Snowy so I could try and get at least another like her lol. I'm a sucker for cross breeds, it's a nice surprise to see how they grow, especially those mystery ones. I guess I'm so much a sucker for them I recently got a few more

I know this boy is half silkie due to it's comb and 5 toes

These two I have no idea what they are

This is another complete mystery except it's bantam sized

This girl is a home made easter egger, half australian araucana, half mystery

 

[WickedChicksNH]

They sure did turn out interesting. I wish I know what went into Snowy so I could try and get at least another like her lol. I'm a sucker for cross breeds, it's a nice surprise to see how they grow, especially those mystery ones. I guess I'm so much a sucker for them I recently got a few more

I know this boy is half silkie due to it's comb and 5 toes
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These two I have no idea what they are
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This is another complete mystery except it's bantam sized
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This girl is a home made easter egger, half australian araucana, half mystery
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Cute cute cute !!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

They sure did turn out interesting. I wish I know what went into Snowy so I could try and get at least another like her lol.

It looks to me like she has silver columbian (usually called light), barring, red, wheaten(?), and gold ducking (usually called brown, black breasted red, etc.).

 

[TashaFrancois]

These will probably be some pretty common crosses, maybe some of you already have some. My flock is two Rhode Island Reds, one of which is my only rooster, four Barred Rock hens, five Golden Comet hens, and five Buff Orpington hens. They all are one year old right now. Since they began laying I have gotten 11 - 14 eggs every day, even through Wyoming blizzards. I think I need more though and am hoping to find a broody or two soon. Since there is only the one RIR rooster, all my first generation eggs will be; RIR x RIR, RIR x BR, RIR x BO, and RIR x GC (I know that the Golden Comets are already a hybrid, and this wouldn't be a true first gen hybrid, and therefore have a lot of variation) I'm mostly curious about the RIR x BR, and RIR x BO possibilities (and getting a few more straight RIR). Do any of you have experience with these crosses? Or photos?, Are there any sex links to RIR roo x BO, or BR hens?

On the other hand those Golden Comets have been excellent layers too, and I can identify their eggs from the rest by the darker shade of brown (I can tell the BR as the lightest shade too). So I can pull eggs and eliminate the wide varieties from GC 2nd gen, but may leave a few just to get clutch sizes I want, and just to see what happens.

If all goes as planned, I have broody pen waiting, I'll get pics and post more, but I also would greatly appreciate a preview of what to expect from any of these crosses.

Thanks

Can’t wait for pictures!