cross breeding

  1. Brianna245

    Need advice on Orpington colour Genetics!

    Hi fellow genetic lovers, I have a black split lavender Orpington rooster, and I hatched 7 of his offspring, one of which was from a buff Orpington hen. The chick is a dark brown with buff colour leaking through. Would this chick carry the lavender gene and be considered a split? and what would...
  2. vinnytheweed

    Brahma crossed with Yokohama

    I have some light Brahma hen crossed with a Yokohama rooster chicks. Want to know if any one has ever breed them.
  3. AZHomesteadPoultry

    Bielefelder X Delaware Broiler Sex-links, AKA Delafelder Breeding Project

    This has been a really fun journey, and I’d like to share it with you while also keeping a short account of my experiences. I’ll try not to be long-winded, but I’m enjoying myself, so I hope you enjoy this as well. My current breeding project involves crossing Bielefelder roosters with Enhanced...
  4. ChickChic00

    Cross Breeding Standard and Bantam

    I have a silver lakenvelder Rooster, what would the offspring look like if I were to breed him with some BB Red bantam Hens? Would the offspring have any gold leakage, would they be gamefowl size or in between? Thanks!!
  5. HundredAcre

    Incubating crossbred eggs! Can anyone tell us what they may hatch to look like?

    We are trying out incubating for the first time and are on day 4 of incubation with a Farm Innovators Still Air Digital Incubator as our cheap incubator used for getting the hang of the do's and don'ts of incubating. Our biggest questions, however, revolve around what these baby pullet chicks...
  6. A

    Pilgrim x Toulouse breeding

    Hi there! I have a pilgrim gander and two pilgrim and two Toulouse geese. I’m hoping our pilgrim gander can breed them all, but I’m unsure of the size difference between our gander and the Toulouse. Will he still be able to successfully mate with them unassisted despite the size difference? Help...
  7. B

    What exactly is a western rustic?

    Hey all, curious to see if anyone knows if a western rustic is a purebred or a hybrid? Has anyone bred these guys? What are they a cross between? Thanks!
  8. ZachyWachy

    Please help, I don't really know what I'm doing.

    Hi, I'm wanting to get into breeding chickens, but I've never tried anything outside of casually letting by broodies hatch whatever eggs they found. I can order some American white Bresse chicks, but kind of want to try crossing them with something that grows bigger. I'm looking to keep the...
  9. T

    3 Original breeds to create all the following;

    If i wanted to breed birds that would allow me to have the following outcomes; White Eggs Brown Eggs Blue Eggs Green/Olive Eggs Sex Link (Red or Black) Dual Purpose for all if possible. How many original breeds of chicken would i need to start with? I understand i would need to start with the...
  10. T

    Breeding Advice

    Hi everyone and thank you to all the posters and experienced chicken keepers for the amazing threads i have been reading over the last 8 months. I moved rural and finally got to own my own chickens. This is going to be a bit of a story but i promise it gets to a question, and i think it would be...
  11. CloneFly

    Cross Breeding

    Hello All! I currently have 3 roosters and 22 hens and due to some recent events, my family has begun seriously considering raising some backyard "mutts". I'm very new to the world of chicken breeding and would like to hear from the experts which would be the best breeds to, well, breed...
  12. Backyard Birds Rehab

    Show me your red jungle fowl Crosses!

    i very rarely see people speaking on their RJF crosses, and with my eggs hatching in the coming week or so I was wondering what this lovely community had to offer! So please show me what beautiful RJF crosses you've created! Attached below is my lovely RJF rooster who is the foundation for my...
  13. Backyard Birds Rehab

    Help me find out what the look will be!

    Howdy! I'm new to this site / forum so thank you for having me! My name firstly is Brian and I run a rehab for a variety of avian creatures and small mammals off my property in California! I've recently started a little project of my own in breeding chickens, I have my stunning RJF (Red jungle...
  14. J

    Breeding Ayam Cemani with Australorp

    Australorp in general are great layers. Ayam Cemani is not. Does anyone have experience breeding Ayam Cemani rooster with Black Australorp or similar breeds for egg production?
  15. B

    Is this an official breed or a plain ole crossbred chicken

    Hello all, First, thank you for taking the time to read this post. I have recently started hatching chicks, both naturally and in an incubator. I have had many chicks hatch, but all of the chicks look identical, if they came from the same mother. I was under the assumption that the chicks...
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    Muscovy hen (born 03/20/2022) x Silver Appleyard Drake (born 03/20/2022) Hen's first clutch This egg was laid on 10/20/2022 Candled on 10/20/2022 Hen sitting on eggs full-time at night only, unless kept in the run during the day, then hen is sitting all day & night with breaks as needed
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    20221020_111517.jpg

    Muscovy hen (born 03/20/2022) x Silver Appleyard Drake (born 03/20/2022) Hen's first clutch This egg was laid on 10/20/2022 Candled on 10/20/2022 Hen sitting on eggs full-time at night only, unless kept in the run during the day, then hen is sitting all day & night with breaks as needed
  18. Egg #24 (Side)

    Egg #24 (Side)

    Muscovy hen (born 03/20/2022) x Silver Appleyard Drake (born 03/20/2022) Hen's first clutch This egg was laid on 10/19/2022 Candled on 10/20/2022 Hen sitting on eggs full-time at night only, unless kept in the run during the day, then hen is sitting all day & night with breaks as needed
  19. Egg #24

    Egg #24

    Muscovy hen (born 03/20/2022) x Silver Appleyard Drake (born 03/20/2022) Hen's first clutch This egg was laid on 10/19/2022 Candled on 10/20/2022 Hen sitting on eggs full-time at night only, unless kept in the run during the day, then hen is sitting all day & night with breaks as needed
  20. Egg #23

    Egg #23

    Muscovy hen (born 03/20/2022) x Silver Appleyard Drake (born 03/20/2022) Hen's first clutch This egg was laid on 10/17/2022 in the PM after a normal egg in the AM Hen sitting on eggs full-time at night only, unless kept in the run during the day, then hen is sitting all day & night with breaks
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