What breed is this rooster

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What breed is this rooster.and if I cross him with a black austrolurp,welsummer,Isa brown or a Amber link what will I get...
 
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He looks like an Easter Egger. If you cross him with your assorted hens, you'll end up with a few different colors of chickens. At least some of them will likely lay blue or green eggs.
 
This rooster was born April 21st. He is for sure a rooster. He mounts the one hen who just started laying and he crows and protects his girls. So you think he's a easter egger ?
 
OK dumb question now. If this rooster is mounting the hens.are the eggs now fertial and if a hen starts to lay I could put any of the eggs under her and will expect to hatch
 
OK dumb question now. If this rooster is mounting the hens.are the eggs now fertial and if a hen starts to lay I could put any of the eggs under her and will expect to hatch

Yes, it the rooster is mounting the hens, the eggs will be fertile. However you can just put eggs under a laying hen and expect them to hatch chicks. Only broody hens will set on eggs and incubate them (and broody hens don't lay). Let the eggs collect in the nesting box until you have 8 to 10 in there and see if you have a broody hen that starts sitting on them. If none of your hens are broody, then collect those eggs and eat them. You can continue to try letting the eggs collect until one of your hens turns broody. There is no way to predict when and if this will happen since broodiness is a matter of hormones. Some breeds go broody frequently and others (like your Isa Brown or Amber Link) only rarely go broody.
 

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