mixed breeds

Hey fellow chicky nerds!!!! I've always found hatch-alongs super fun and I finally decided, well, I should do one! I am doing a semi-large batch so that a lot of people can contribute! I am not going to be keeping them, if any, maybe 1 or 2. But hey, it will still be fun to name them and see...

My title is probably vague as heck, but I've mixed some EE/Wyandottes, 4 month pullets currently, and I also have some Sapphire Gems that aren't laying yet, but are about 3.5-ish months, and also a Leghorn/Wyandotte mix, age unknown. The EE's I have that parented two of my pullets didn't start...

Ok, I have two roosters, a Red Phoenix and a Rhode Island Red(I keep them in separate coops). I also have 3 hens, two RIR x SLW, and one California White. I was wondering what I would get by crossing some of these breeds. Like what would I get if I crossed the RP x CW? Or the RP x (RIR x SLW)?

Hello. I have these six chicks that I hatched 6 weeks ago. They are from freeranging purebred hens and roo's so not sure what I have ended up with and wondering if anyone could please help me. Also if you can tell what gender please. Any help will be greatly appreciatedI'll post the 6 individually

Hi Everyone, I am brand new to raising chickens, brand new to this site, and this is my first post so please be gentle. I incubated a mixed bunch of eggs and they hatched on March 22nd, so they are now 9 weeks old. The only information I was given about the eggs was that any five toed chicks...

Hello Everyone, I have a rooster that I cannot identify what he is crossed with. I only have one photo of him right now. It is not a great picture. I found at a boat launch near my house. I was going to go fishing but I caught him and brought him home instead. He has been named 'King Midus'. Now...

For quite a while, I've tossed around this idea of crossing a sebright, d'uccle, OEGB, and serama together to create the "perfect bantam mutt". The results of this cross would be exactly 1/4 sebright, 1/4 d'uccle, 1/4 OEGB, and 1/4 serama. However, until today, I had only one of the chickens...

I got my first trio- Bielefelder, Cochin, and Olive Egger about four months ago. I fell in love, so of course it made sense to buy 29 cochin hatchlings and start incubating leghorns and golden comets. Soon I had fifty! I’ve been mostly giving them away or selling them for practically nothing...

Hi Friends! We’ve had our original three chickens since they hatched in April. All came from the same hatch, but are a “barnyard mix” — “Pecker” (named by my three-year-old! ) resembles a Columbian Wyandotte (or maybe a Brahma but without feathered feet), “Pepper” resembles a Black Australorp...

This thread is for posting pictures and discussing your mutt/mixed breed chickens! If you want to post a picture you have to include: breed of parents (if known), gender (if known), and name (if it has one). Please include the variety of the parents if you know. Example: Breed: silver sebright...

I have six ISA hens and six Brown Leghorn hens all six weeks old. I have been given a rooster about five weeks old. I do not know the breed of the rooster only that he is speckled and the breeder will put him to death because they only sell pure white chickens for meat. Does it matter if I mix...

What is the recommended square foot per chicken ratio for a large hen house minus the run? Also.. How many Hens should be kept together if you do have a big number? Does mixing different breeds make a difference since some breeds can be more dominant and or aggressive? I am looking forward to...