which crosses?

[danniboi1990]

i own 8 chickens, all of different breeds. 1x buff orpington cockeral, 1x rhode island red, 1x french maran, 1x welsummer, 1x white leghorne, 1x bluebelle, 1x araucana and then one young cockeral that i hatched out myself that is a definate offspring from my buff orpington but i'm unsure who is the mother. i think the mother is probably the rhode island red.

i'd like to breed a chicken that looks beautiful in colour as well as benefit in a healthy way. the last one i hatched has a massive beautiful personality but is a cream colour all over with black tail feathers and thats it! ( his names omelette and he looks dull in colour at the moment.. bless him. I'm hoping he will blossom as he matures

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[danniboi1990]

sorry i forgot to ask.... the question is which shall i mix to get beautiful looking, healthy result?

 

[kfacres]

trial and error...

the more breeds, and colors you have to choose from in your breeding flock will result in more suprises when hatching and feathering time comes. Keep a super crossed up run of the mill flock, and you'll never be able to predict what colors will show up, and when.