Cross chicks feather faster than pure bred?

[Pufna]

As someone who just started raising pure bred chicks this year I noticed that all of my pure bred chicks (orpington, barred rocks, wyandotte) got feathered a lot slower than all of my mutts/crosses.
Is that the case for those of you who also raised pure bred and crossed/mutt chicks?

 

[MysteryChicken]

As someone who just started raising pure bred chicks this year I noticed that all of my pure bred chicks (orpington, barred rocks, wyandotte) got feathered a lot slower than all of my mutts/crosses.
Is that the case for those of you who also raised pure bred and crossed/mutt chicks?

I've had mixed results with crosses, some feathered out faster, some feathered out moderately fast, some feathered out slow. It's all about the genetics of the parents.