What to do with mixed birds?

[shelleyd2008]

I have a couple of pullets that are so pretty! They are either BTB or BTW jap (momma) and mille fleur d'uccles (daddy). They look just like a BTB jap, only they have feathered legs and a beard.

Can I do anything with them? I have BTW japs and mille fleur d'uccles (obviously). They are so pretty, that I'd hate to get rid of them! Any ideas?

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

You could always make them part of your layer or "broody" flock!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Oh my!! I have too many broodies now as it is!

I think I had 13 or 14 going at once this summer, hence the mixed up chicks

Couldn't let those girls set eggs for nothing

 

[becky3086]

I have a bunch of BTB Japs x Mille Fleur. I love how they look and plan to do a bit more experimenting with them.

 

[Ducklove334]

love em', squeeze em', call em' all george?

 

[Shannon's Chix]

Or...you could give them to me.

 

[hikerchick]

Just enjoy them.

 

[Goose and Fig]

I ended up with the same thing from a birchen jap x cochin. They look like bearded, booted japs. I'm just keeping them in the banty pen and using them as bug catchers.

 

[Krys109uk]

I ended up with the same thing from a birchen jap x cochin. They look like bearded, booted japs.

Japs & cochins don't have beards do they?

How would they come to have beards?​

 

[becky3086]

Here is one of my little mixed Jap x Mille. I really love them. Believe it or not, I have sold eggs from these several times.

These are my mixed Polish. Why? Because I love Polish and wanted some different ones, I guess. I plan to let them all mix and hatch eggs from them too and see what I get and maybe someone will want some mixed Polish eggs, who knows?