Silver Laced polish + Rhode Island Red mix?

[CatoftheStorm]

When you mentioned the gold laced polish cross chick I was interested in what it would look like. He looks very pretty. I like the dusky brown with the black on his wings.
The head crest might still develop, but it will take a week or two as it did with mine and my sister's chicks. (But if the rooster or hen was polish maybe that has an effect on the crest. That would be interesting to find out.)

 

[GraceHomestead]

2 week old pictures. The crest has started but still a tad small. It is a lot bigger/heavier then the polish.

 

[Brittany Sorensen]

Thank you for sharing all of your pictures! I do not have a silver laced polish, but I was looking for info on my chicks that are from a SLW too & RIR hen. I have been having a hard time finding any pictures or info online but these pictures have helped a lot. The chicks I have are about a week old now. They seem to be getting some gold lacing on their bitty wing feathers right now. I wonder if that will stay, I figured the mothers would throw red and the roo would throw his lacing into the mix, but I guess I assumed they would have silver lacing and not gold. I'll have to take pictures in the morning. Again - not a polish mix (although I have a few of those too!) but I just love watching chicken genetics come into play

 

[jddowdle]

Sorry for reviving a old post. What was the result of egg production of the cross breed? Just curious because polish and not good layers but RIR are so just curious.

 

[Ab1010]

Okay, so here is an update. The pullets have grown and started laying eggs. Here is how they look now at 26 weeks.










Their eggs are a light brown/tan. Not light enough to be a creamy brown, but lighter than a Rhode Island egg. Here is a picture for comparison. The brown egg on the left is an egg from their RIR mother and there is a white OEGB egg to the far right. The two SLP/RIR crosses' eggs are in the middle.




And that's it. No more pictures. However I am interested if anyone else has done this cross and what their roosters look like.

I love how those look!!

 

[BleuSaphir]

Okay, so here is an update. The pullets have grown and started laying eggs. Here is how they look now at 26 weeks.










Their eggs are a light brown/tan. Not light enough to be a creamy brown, but lighter than a Rhode Island egg. Here is a picture for comparison. The brown egg on the left is an egg from their RIR mother and there is a white OEGB egg to the far right. The two SLP/RIR crosses' eggs are in the middle.




And that's it. No more pictures. However I am interested if anyone else has done this cross and what their roosters look like.

I think they are absolutely stunning!

 

[Labchick10]

Here is a picture of Sid my SLP at about 5 months. What might I expect to get if I let one of my RIR girls hatch some out. Anyone have this combo and pictures they can show?

How beautiful!

 

[Vanessa182]

Okay, so here is an update. The pullets have grown and started laying eggs. Here is how they look now at 26 weeks.










Their eggs are a light brown/tan. Not light enough to be a creamy brown, but lighter than a Rhode Island egg. Here is a picture for comparison. The brown egg on the left is an egg from their RIR mother and there is a white OEGB egg to the far right. The two SLP/RIR crosses' eggs are in the middle.




And that's it. No more pictures. However I am interested if anyone else has done this cross and what their roosters look like.

Thank you!!

 

[marsmallowthesilkie]

polish and RIR are a good combination! Love them!

 

[Skater7]

So I realize this is an older thread, but other people probably have the same question. My sister and I bred our silver laced Polish rooster with some Rhode Island Red hens (and others). I have some photos of the cross if anyone is still interested.

As chicks they were all black with little red cheeks. (as seen as the chick in the center)

(Above, day 2; Below, week 1)


The chicken on the right is the SLP/RIR cross


Weeks 2-3 they started to get lacy feathering.



In week three you can see they are also developing the crest.

Week six they start losing the red on their cheeks and the crest gets bigger. They also get very lacy.



Weeks 10-12 they get bigger and fill out. At this point we think all of our SLP/RIR crosses are pullets. We haven't seen any roo characteristics such as saddle feathers or large, red combs. Maybe they are just late bloomers and the roos aren't that pretty.


Week 10


The RIR crosses with the others of the hatch group



(Week 12 below)





Only the lacy ones are the RIR crosses. We have OEGB roos and some SLP/Australorp/EE crosses in the pic as well.





So that is what you get if you cross a silver laced Polish roo with some Rhode Island red hens. Cute chicks but drab pullets. Don't know about the eggs yet since they haven't started laying (we predict August), but they will probably be a lighter brown than the RIR brown.

So I realize this is an older thread, but other people probably have the same question. My sister and I bred our silver laced Polish rooster with some Rhode Island Red hens (and others). I have some photos of the cross if anyone is still interested.

As chicks they were all black with little red cheeks. (as seen as the chick in the center)

(Above, day 2; Below, week 1)


The chicken on the right is the SLP/RIR cross


Weeks 2-3 they started to get lacy feathering.



In week three you can see they are also developing the crest.

Week six they start losing the red on their cheeks and the crest gets bigger. They also get very lacy.



Weeks 10-12 they get bigger and fill out. At this point we think all of our SLP/RIR crosses are pullets. We haven't seen any roo characteristics such as saddle feathers or large, red combs. Maybe they are just late bloomers and the roos aren't that pretty.


Week 10


The RIR crosses with the others of the hatch group



(Week 12 below)





Only the lacy ones are the RIR crosses. We have OEGB roos and some SLP/Australorp/EE crosses in the pic as well.





So that is what you get if you cross a silver laced Polish roo with some Rhode Island red hens. Cute chicks but drab pullets. Don't know about the eggs yet since they haven't started laying (we predict August), but they will probably be a lighter brown than the RIR brown.

What cross is the black one?