mixing chicken breeds

Do you keep livestock? Having any problems? Want to talk about it, whether it be sheep, goats, chickens, pigs, bees or llamas, here is your place to discuss.
Post Reply
dermers
margo - newbie
margo - newbie
Posts: 3
Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:40 pm
latitude: 54.3145
longitude: 4.5633

mixing chicken breeds

Post: # 242870Post dermers »

Hi guys, I have a question about chicken breeds.. I've bought myself 36 hatching eggs which are currently in an incubator and are due to hatch in about 2 weeks. There's a few varieties in there, French Marans, Cuckoo Marans, Black Silkies, Rhode Island Red, Black Orpington, Buff Orpington and Welsummers. When they hatch, I'm planning on keeping the breeds separate, getting cockerels from different breeders and breed my own hens from the 'hopefully' fertile eggs.
My question is about the French and Cuckoo Marans, should I keep them separate or put them all together? Same with the Orpingtons, will I get either Buff or Black from the eggs or will the offspring be a hybrid mixture of the two?
Any advice anyone can give me would be most appreciated.
Nick D. :)
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Livestock”