I know that Easter Eggers are a hybrid breed. I know they're mixed. But out of curiosity, if you take any chicken that dosen't lay colored eggs like the Easter egger. And you breed that Easter egger with that other chicken will it still be considered an Easter egger? I would believe so because I...
Can't believe how much these guys have grown!
Gender questions for these.
Chick #1 White Crested Black Polish
Chick #2 Mottled Houdan
Chick #3 Crevecoeur
Chick #4 Silkie
Chick #5 Silver Laced Polish
Chick #6 Silkie
Chick #7 Silkie
Chick #8 Black Cochin Bantam
Pretty sure and hoping its a...
Hatched 8 chicks and bought 5 at a store and gave them to the two mothers. 13 chicks total and they're sharing the babies!!
5 of them are crossed with my Buff Orpington X Speckled Sussex Rooster which are:
1 Barred Rock mix
1 Black Australorp mix
2 Buff Orpington mixes
1 White Leghorn mix
And...
Have an idea guys. Some of my hens feel more comfortable being with my dominant rooster, the buff orpington. And some others would rather be with my other rooster, Nugget, and sometimes the big daddy will chase some hens away that won't breed with him but will breed with Nugget. Going to...
Here is a rooster and Hen that are both Buff Orpington X White Leghorn. The rooster might be crossed with the offspring instead of the pure BO. I'm going to keep these two together because I've heard of good things about this mix. I've heard that this mix breed can be docile more like the BO.