The chickens of the Sunshine Motel!

[Dona Worry]

Ooh. I don't know. Have you been reading up on the combinations?

I try. @Sneebsey helped a LOT, and was much much easier and less technical than a lot of online things. I tried the chicken genetic calculator but I have no idea what colors to put for Rory, so that was a non-starter.
I just LOVE the fluffy bums of the Wyandottes. Rory is almost as fluffy bottomed AND he has a muff. DOUBLE FLUFF.

 

[Sneebsey]

With your silvers he ought to produce sex linked offspring.

With BLRW he will produce half blue half splash.

Sounds like a good cross; nice small combs for the winters, but may be tricky to identify who will lay blue/green as the pea comb, which is linked to the gene, may be hidden by the rose. Should be nice productive layers, meaty for the extra boys too.

 

[Dona Worry]

With your silvers he ought to produce sex linked offspring.

Really?? How does that work? I thought sex links needed a barred variety to work?

Sounds like a good cross; nice small combs for the winters, but may be tricky to identify who will lay blue/green as the pea comb, which is linked to the gene, may be hidden by the rose. Should be nice productive layers, meaty for the extra boys too.

I think so! And Rory is HUGE. And heavy! And he's only 7 months old!
All my Wyandottes are good layers, so hopefully I'll get dual purpose Easter eggers out of the cross, and some chicken dinners too!

 

[Sneebsey]

Really?? How does that work? I thought sex links needed a barred variety to work?

They'll be red sex links, red hens and silver/gold split Cockerels.

Sounds good to me! I'm working on something similar; lots of frostbite last year so need those tight combs, and a nice dual purpose type is perfect for a farm bird.

 

[Dona Worry]

They'll be red sex links, red hens and silver/gold split Cockerels.

Sounds good to me! I'm working on something similar; lots of frostbite last year so need those tight combs, and a nice dual purpose type is perfect for a farm bird.

Are those some of the birds you posted? The white ones?

 

[Sneebsey]

Those are Araucana over RSL, and are in the mix, yes, though this year's Marans x are more dual purpose type, and two have rose. Ideally I want the crest and beard, but to tame down the amount of blues and greens I'm getting; more of those than brown at the moment!

 

[Dona Worry]

Those are Araucana over RSL, and are in the mix, yes, though this year's Marans x are more dual purpose type, and two have rose. Ideally I want the crest and beard, but to tame down the amount of blues and greens I'm getting; more of those than brown at the moment!

Sounds like the kind of problem I want to have!

 

[Dona Worry]

Just Jackie and Martha laying eggs!

WELL MARTHA WOULD LAY AN EGG IF JACKIE WOULD JUST BUDGE UP AND SHARE THE GOOD NEST BOX

Happy chickens in the sun!

 

[Dona Worry]

"Whatta YOU lookin' at?!"

 

[silkiemother]

Nardole seems to love that purple scoop! Don't you just love the fluffy/awkward stage?