The Pampered Pullets Farm
2010
Any two chickens can be cross bred. These cross breedings listed here are the most common that will yield a recognized resulting breed.
Also note that the New Hampshire Rooster can be interchanged with a Rhode Island Red Rooster.
Day Old Barred Rock Chicks
Blue Plymouth Rock Rooster
Young Blue Barred Plymouth Rock Rooster
Blue Rock Hen
Blue Rock Hen just about at breeding age
How To's, What For's and Why Not's
Most Common Chicken Cross Breeds
Barred Rock Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Black Sex Link
Both sexes hatch out black, but the males have a white dot on their heads.
Delaware Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Red Sex Link or Red Star
Roosters hatch out white and, depending on the cross, feather out to pure white or with some black feathering. Hens darker with darker neck patch.
New Hampshire Hen + Delaware Rooster = Delaware
Silver Laced Wyandotte Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Cinnamon Queen
Hens brownish red. Roosters white.
New Hampshire Hen + Rhode Island Rooster = Production Red
Rhode Island Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Cherry Egger or Red Cross
White Rock Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Golden Comet
Parent White Rock Hen must have silver factor. Hens red and white. Roosters white.
White Leghorn Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Red Sex Link or Red Star
Males hatch out white and, depending on the cross, feather out to pure white or with some black feathering
Black Australorp Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Black Cross
NOTE: In sex link chicks, Hens will be of sex link color and roosters will be color of parent hen.
Color Genes
Lately it seems that Blue is the color of choice and many people are working with their backyard flocks to establish a unique blue coloration or variation. We, ourselves, are working on a blue color line and pattern, actually a couple of lines.
The Blue Plymouth Rock is an established line with most specimens being multiple tones of blue but lacking the barring of the Barred Plymouth Rock. We are working to establish a line that maintains the barring pattern.
When working with the blue gene, you have to realize that hatches will come as blue, black or splash depending on the breeding. For those who are interested in trying their hand at cross breeding, here is a chart that shows the hatch patterns for different color crosses in the blue gene line.
Blue Gene Breeding
Blue X Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Black, 25% Splash
Blue X Splash = 50% Blue, 50% Splash
Blue X Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black
Black X Splash = 100% Blue
Blue Andalusians Blue Gene Breeding
Blue X Blue = Blue, Black, White, Black & White
Blue X White = Blue
Blue X Black = Blue
Black X White = Blue
