What breeds would you pair up?

[Faerhii]

I have 4 pens and I'm trying to figure out which combo to put where.. Some are still growing out.

What I've got:
Roos: 2 black Ameraucana, 2 French Black Copper Marans, 1 Buff Orphington, 1 Silkie/Wyandotte/EE barnyard mix.. He's young, see below. Also hoping one of the BLR Wyandottes in the incubator (8 viable on day 18) will give me a BLRW roo.
Hens: Black Australorps, Barred Rock, Buff Orphington, SL Wyandotte, BLR Wyandotte, French Black Copper Marans, Salmon Favorelle, Sapphire Gem, EE, and those same backyard hens as my baby roo.

Who would you put together? I'm thinking on of the Ameraucana roos with the Barred Rock hens to make sexlink EE, but what else? I'd love to see some ideas.

 

[Faerhii]

Baby roo -^

Some of the others:

 

[Pretty Birds]

I've seen some cool pictures of Buff Orpington and Barred Rock crosses.

 

[Faerhii]

I've seen some cool pictures of Buff Orpington and Barred Rock crosses.

I have too! I'm not sure if they come out black or not.. But I think they'd be sex linked. And both those breeds I got last year so I could start them now.

 

[Faerhii]

Right now I have 56 eggs in the incubator for local people who requested chicks.. They all have my BO as the dad, and either Aus, BO, BR, or SLW moms.

 

[Pretty Birds]

Right now I have 56 eggs in the incubator for local people who requested chicks.. They all have my BO as the dad, and either Aus, BO, BR, or SLW moms.

Those will be some interesting mixes. I wonder what the BO/SLW will look like. Have you done that cross before?