[Prod]

As the post title says, this may be aq daft question  but here goes. I am very new to keeping chickens, I have an ancona, a bluebell, a cream legbar, columbian black tail & a buff sussex.  I also have a rather, though I say it myself, stunning looking young Welsummer cockerel of the sweetest nature.  He is tho, er..., performing his duties, shall we say on a regular basis.  If any one of the fertilised eggs hatch  what would they be? i.e as in the dog world  mongrel  or?    (in advance)

[YoungChickenLover]

The name for a mixed breed chicken is a hybrid. They are usually better egg layers then pure breeds, depending on thier heritage. Hope this helps!
Weasel and The Chooks

[Kleftiwallah]

"A chicken by any other name is just as tasty"     Cheers,     Tony.

[GrannieAnnie]

Mongrel!  Actually they are called a cross breed.  Hybrids are bred specially for whatever purpose, meat or eggs.  It is a very scientific thing, not just crossing 2 chickens to see what happens.

So IF you decided to hatch any of the eggs, I don't understand all the jargon, but depending on the amount of gold or silver spectrum in the parents, and their parents, the chicks could come out as almost anything!

There are members on here who know much more about it than me, so hopefully one of them may be able to help more!

[Squibbs]

Biologically speaking them either hybrid or cross breed are perfectly acceptable terms though generally when people talk of hybrids they imply birds bred from different parent birds for a specific purpose - egg laying or meat production.

From a backyard keeper point of view cross breeds are not a problem - my accidents all lay well though I wouldn't choose to breed from them personally

[ANHBUC]

I think I have read before of a Welsummer x Light Sussex and the chicks are sex linked so you can tell boy and girl at hatch.  I wonder if it would be the same with Buff Sussex?   

[Prod]

I did warn you it was a daft question...... I understand the term crossbredding  as in 'labraddodle or chugs', to get a specific breed but used the term 'mongrel' to illustrate random breeding through various breeds of chicken ..... Anyway I dont have any intention of hatching the eggs so I guess its all academic