So I'm curious about mixing breeds...

[sangel4you]

I'm not ready to do this, infact I'm a long way off, but I was thinking...
A friend of mine has RIR, and I LOVE them...however I have white leghorns...5 females. He has a mixutre of M/F RIR's. If I were to get a roo from him, what color eggs would I get, and what kind of chicks would I get? I was wondering how that worked, because I am thinking about mixing up my flock with some varieties but some of them would be roos. Thanks for indulging me

 

[Torch404]

I'm not too sure as I'm a newb but I thik you would end up with a sex-link that lays brown eggs. Am I right any one?

 

[sangel4you]

intereseting...that would be pretty awesome

 

[fhdogs]

I was wondering something along the same lines...

Will most breeds "interact" together? If I only have one or two roos, but a mix of hens what can I expect?

 

[TimG]

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When it comes time for the rooster to pick something to mate with, he is rather indiscriminate.

 

[Torch404]

I found this thread. Basically half way down is a very good description of sex links and two below that is some one who describe just such a sex link cross, the RIR roo and White Leghorn.

 

[Henk69]

The eggs you would get would be exactly the same...

Or did you mean from the offspring?

 

[sangel4you]

torch I don't know what your talking about :-( ?

WEll I meant my eggs like would I still get white ones, or would I get white and brown, and aslo I wondered about the offspring...what would they be? RIR WLG or both or neither?! Lol

 

[Krys109uk]

who describe just such a sex link cross, the RIR roo and White Leghorn.

Presuming the birds to carry the colour genes typical for their breeds, they would not give a sex link cross.....the offspring would be all white probably with flecks.​

 

[Torch404]

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Might help if I included the link. duh!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1693581

Might make a little more sense now. Sorry