cross breed

Hi. Can you tell me if these two mixed chicks are cockerels or pullets? The bigger one, with spots on the chest is around six weeks old and kinda looks like a pullet to me, even though in its first three weeks of life it looked like a cockerel. I think it's a mix between light brahma X silver...

Hey everybody, new to Backyard Chickens and Chickens in general. Seeking some advice on one of my girls/boys. After doing a bit of research I'm wondering why my silkie has a pink/red comb and wattles? Does this mean he/she is a cross breed. From what I've read its very unlikely for silkies to...

Just curious if anyone has ever crossed a BLR wyandotte with a silkie? My BLR wyandotte I am pretty sure is a cockerel. I got my fist white silkie and my BLR wyandotte this spring. But I can't stop thinking about what the chicks would look like from them. They are both so cute! I need to take...

Hi guys I wanted to know what the best crossbreed chickens you think are and what are the parents, i am after looks more then there egg laying or meat if you have any please tell me the combo.

I got a dozen eggs from a friend and 10 out of 12 are fertile and have hatched. I don't know what breeds she has but some lay light blue to light pale green eggs and I think there was a silver leghorn rooster also that I saw but I'm not 💯 percent sure. It definitely looked like it though. Had...

Hey All! We have been proud chicken owners for a couple years but a few weeks ago decided to incubate and hatch eggs from our coop for the first time! We have one Rooster, an Ayam Cemani. We started with 6 eggs, so far 3 have hatched and 2 are Piping (at day 22). I would love any insight...

Hi I’m looking into many different breeds of ducks and really can’t decide on just one breed so are there any really cool cross breeds for egg production and beauty?

Post pics of your favorite crossbreeds! I'll kick it off with my blue wheaton ameraucana X red shouldered yokohama

Hi, These two roosters are 11 months old. Got them from someone not very knowledgeable on chicken breeds. Do you have any idea about what breed they might be? Especially the black one. The black one looks like a Marans, but it has this silvery-yellow leakage and the one with white I suspect is a...

Patiently awaiting the arrival of new baby chicks from this beautiful cross!

I've got 3 babies that are 4 weeks old. They are full size chicken breeds, but hatched by a Silkie mama. When the Silkie went broody I gave her the 3 eggs, but not sure of which hen they came from. (I have numerous breeds.) I have one Buff Orpington rooster, so I know who the dad is. I am...

Before I start: This is all under the assumption that what I think I know is true, that silver is a dominant sex-linked trait, and turns gold/red color white. Hopefully that is true. I have a 12 week old pullet that is bred from an EE hen and a Lakenvelder rooster. All of her feathers are white...

I am mainly posting because I am surprised by the turn out of one of my first bred chickens (the only animals I was ever successful at breeding were guppies and gerbils, but they require hardly anything for that ). He is a cross between a Lavender Orpington and Sapphire Gem. His feathers feel...

One of our sweet Polish hens hatched three of her eggs a couple of days ago, and it was a completely adorable surprise! Now we're at a loss trying to find what these little ones are going to look like and whether there might be a chance that we might have a roo, or 2, or 3 on our hands? Or if we...

I’m a farmer with a mixed flock, newly adopted ranging from 4 weeks to 1 week old. I have 1 rooster and he’s in charge of 15 ladies. The Rooster is a Rhode Island Red The hens are as follows: Amauracana Barred Rock Silver-Laced Wyandotte Buff Orpington Rhode Island Red Araucana I plan on...

What breeds can I cross to get a real breed that is not a barnyard mix?

Hi, I have 3 LF crossbreeds that are 16 days old and a cuckoo pekin bantam that is 18 days old. I realise its very early but I'm starting to see differences so would anyone like to hazard a guess on their sex please? This one is a welsummer/leghorn cross, it has the biggest, pinkest comb. Boy...

Hey everyone! I’m new to the chicken world and I find chicken genetics to be super interesting but also confusing. I’ve tried doing research online about genetics of feathering and egg shell color but sometimes I read opposing statements on different websites. My question is: does anyone know of...

Last spring I purchased a few barnevelder chicks from a hatchery. I recently purchased a few young barnevelder hens from someone and they look more true to breed than my previous hen. I attached a few pictures of her. Could she be crossed with something else? If so, what? Or is she a different...

My dad and I thought we were buying fertile Pekin eggs to hatch, but we hatched 2 mallard hens and a mallard/pekin? drake, named Roo. We already have 2 Perkins and a Swedish blue. Roo is the one on the righ and his sisters(?) are named Drake and Josh. Roo now has a nice full green head and most...