Backyard Fowl Keepers

EggHatchHobbyist wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2025 2:18 am Hello, fellow chicken enthusiasts!

Im in the early stages of designing three breeding pens, and Id love to get your insights on a breeding setup Im considering. My goal is to have one rooster in each pen covering two different breeds of hens. This way, I can hatch both purebred chicks and unique hybrids in each pen.

To make sorting easier, I want to select hens that lay distinctly different colored eggsso I can easily tell which chicks are purebred and which are mixed. For example, I know that crossing a Black Copper Marans rooster with an Easter Egger hen can produce Olive Eggers, which people seem to love.

Im curiouswhat other rooster and hen combinations do you think would create interesting and desirable hybrids? Id love to produce some eye-catching birds with strong egg-laying genetics. Any suggestions for great pairings that would work well in this setup?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

EggHatchHobbyist wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2025 2:18 am Hello, fellow chicken enthusiasts!

Im in the early stages of designing three breeding pens, and Id love to get your insights on a breeding setup Im considering. My goal is to have one rooster in each pen covering two different breeds of hens. This way, I can hatch both purebred chicks and unique hybrids in each pen.

To make sorting easier, I want to select hens that lay distinctly different colored eggsso I can easily tell which chicks are purebred and which are mixed. For example, I know that crossing a Black Copper Marans rooster with an Easter Egger hen can produce Olive Eggers, which people seem to love.

Im curiouswhat other rooster and hen combinations do you think would create interesting and desirable hybrids? Id love to produce some eye-catching birds with strong egg-laying genetics. Any suggestions for great pairings that would work well in this setup?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!