What do people think about hybrid or mixed breed chickens ?

[EM Squared Farms]

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Very interesting....... What are you going to call your new breed ?

So, that's the key, getting them to breed true and then selling enough of them to ensure popularity to get in the standard ? I wonder how many chickens that is that you need to raise and sell.


My son is really set on achieving his goal (getting a new colored Ameraucana into the standard). The one breeder we got his prized show chickens from made a new color for a breed and I think he said he got it into the standard. A blue Millie Fleur D'uccle ? (I think?) And my son thought it was the coolest thing.


Glad to hear you are selling out of your chickens !

Can you post a pic ? I'm curious to see what they look like (or have you already?) Are the parent breeds pretty popular ?


Thanks,

 

[EM Squared Farms]

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Wow, very cool that you can use color to sex them when they are chickies. I know I like Salmon Faverolles and I think a brown leghorn looks just like a white leghorn except in brown ?

Would you mind posting a pic ? My mind can't merge the two together to see what it would look like. I'm a visual person and need to "see" it.

Thanks !

p.s Salmon Faverolles come as bantams and standard, right ? I saw a little bantam one at a chicken show at it was one of my 3 new favorite breeds that I liked

 

[karimw]

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Hey, I just learned about 3 new breeds ! I guess I should have known the first one. We had an AmerauCochin at the Fair. I forget what that big fluffy chicken was called with the feather feet.

The Welsummers, never saw what they looked like, just heard their name.

And your last one is very new to me: never heard of that one: Is that the name of the breed: Iowa Blue ? Can you put up another pic of this chicken ? She looks interesting. I do like blue chickens (although white is still my favorite, with a hat).

Thanks !

The Iowa Blues are a breed that supposedly originated in Decorah Iowa. Their name is misleading though, as they are not genetically "blue". It isn't an APA recognized breed but it has an interesting story. There is a group of us trying to rebuild them since it has nearly vanished except for a very narrow gene pool. You can find out more about them and see lots of pictures here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6775571#p6775571

 

[BarefootMom]

I like my barnyard mixes. They are more friendly- maybe be because I hatch them out myself too. All breeds are welcome at my house regardless of age, size, or color. You just have to be NICE!

 

[Katy]

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Very interesting....... What are you going to call your new breed ?

So, that's the key, getting them to breed true and then selling enough of them to ensure popularity to get in the standard ? I wonder how many chickens that is that you need to raise and sell.


My son is really set on achieving his goal (getting a new colored Ameraucana into the standard). The one breeder we got his prized show chickens from made a new color for a breed and I think he said he got it into the standard. A blue Millie Fleur D'uccle ? (I think?) And my son thought it was the coolest thing.


Glad to hear you are selling out of your chickens !

Can you post a pic ? I'm curious to see what they look like (or have you already?) Are the parent breeds pretty popular ?


Thanks,

It takes many generations....I think at least 8 is what I've read but it could be more.....before you can count on a new color or pattern of bird breeding true....so that means hundreds of chicks hatched out. hinjc....a member and mod here on BYC has been working on a couple new colcor varieties for several years and I doubt that she'd say she's done with them yet.

To get a new color accepted in the APA standard takes several people breeding and showing them before they even have a chance of being accepted. There's a whole list of criteria that has to be met.

 

[moetrout]

I'm interested in this topic too. Mainly because I don't have the right chickens to be a pure breeder. I doubt those "Ameracaunas" I bought at TSC are pure. I only have one roo that is an EE. I plan next spring to incubate the eggs from my EE hens and my pure Black Copper Marans. If that works out and I am interested in doing more then I will expand a bit and get a pure BCM roo for my hens. I happen to have a small coup, big enough for 3-4 birds with a small 8'x8' run. I can use that to keep them separated so I will know for sure what I am getting. I am kind of excited for spring because I think the cross of the EE roo over the BCM hens could produce and interesting chickens. Has anyone already made this cross? Pics???

 

[hawcer]

I think I'm gonna attempt the mixed breed thing once my chickens become responsible adults.

My strategy would be as follows:

Mate a silver sebright hen and a bantam Sultan rooster in test batch #1.

Mate a bantam Sultan hen with a silver sebright rooster in test batch #2.

Hopefully I can get a rooster from one batch and a hen from the other batch with similar preferable characteristics. Even better if I could get get a hen and rooster from each batch.

Then mate a hen or rooster from sub batch #1 with a hen or rooster from sub batch #2, this would make batch #3 and possibly batch #4.

Then continue on with this pattern until satisfied...

Of course this would be for pure enjoyment,fun and curiosity. A incubator would help things move a little faster for sure.

I tend to over think things and probably won't get past the initial cross...and will be satisfied with the first mixed batch,lol.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I hatched this little girl out in the spring. She's a hodgepodge chicken. Her dad is a Silkie/BO and her mom is an EE, she's one of my favorites!

 

[Okie Amazon]

She's adorable! Looks like a BO with a hair-do and leggings out for a night on the town!

 

[Nicole01]

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BEAUTIFUL eggs!