CanadianBuckeye
Songster
A couple of crosses en route to my project birds, a pea combed white eggshell dual purpose layer. The mix will include Buckeye (looks, temperament, pea comb; Barred Holland (white eggshells) and Dark cornish (foraging smarts, harder feathers, meaty, to balance the Holland) ; and production red, a Canadian hybrid, which has RIR, Rhode Island white, and New Hampshire in the breeding, and produces lots of huge eggs, for the egg laying ability: Here's the first cross, Buckeye x dark cornish chick
Buckeye x dark Cornish: six weeks cockerel
And Buckeye x production red pullet, six weeks:
Interesting how the Buckeye stamped his type on the chicks.
The pure Buckeyes are behind the crosses in growth, they look small, and most are too light red, although the darkest one has too much black at six weeks- but we'll see how they turn out. Buckeyes certainly do make a nice cross though, I'm happy to see that pea comb everywhere!
It does seem to be true though, you have to breed your Buckeyes to see how their chicks are, and if they are worth breeding further. I'm hoping that at least a few chicks will be better than their parents.
Buckeye x dark Cornish: six weeks cockerel
And Buckeye x production red pullet, six weeks:
Interesting how the Buckeye stamped his type on the chicks.
The pure Buckeyes are behind the crosses in growth, they look small, and most are too light red, although the darkest one has too much black at six weeks- but we'll see how they turn out. Buckeyes certainly do make a nice cross though, I'm happy to see that pea comb everywhere!
It does seem to be true though, you have to breed your Buckeyes to see how their chicks are, and if they are worth breeding further. I'm hoping that at least a few chicks will be better than their parents.
Love the Buckeye x Cornish cross!
