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Cookies and Cream Hybrid Chicken

A Crossbred Chicken, with Mystery Breeding

The Cookies & Cream chicken is a hybrid, meaning it is created by crossing two different parents and will not breed true. Crosses are generally created for egg production qualities, egg color, or feather color variations or patterns. When fully grown this breed will be a medium size, with feathered legs and mottled feathers. Cookies and Cream hens will produce cream-colored eggs, have a crest and beard, and may or may not have 5 toes.
Meyer Hatchery has partnered with chicken enthusiast, Lisa Steele of Fresh Eggs Daily to bring you the Cookies and Cream Hybrid. The breeds used to create this chicken are not disclosed, so your guess is as good as mine what they are mixed with. I’m guessing you’re buying a Silkie Cross.

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Chickens That Will Give You a Variety of Colorful Eggs

Looking to build a flock that will give you a basket of colorful eggs? Here are 25 breeds to choose from. If you want to veer from the ordinary chicks you find at feed stores, I listed a few breeds that might interest you. But you’ll most likely have to order them from a hatchery. You’ll find those hard-to-find breeds Here.

Rhode Island Red –Brown
Leghorn – White
Orpington – Brown
Plymouth Rock – Brown
Sussex – Brown
Australorp – Brown
Welsummer – Dark Brown
Marans – Dark Brown
Easter Egger – Blue/Green
Ameraucana – Blue/Green
Olive Egger – Olive Green
Cream Legbar – Blue
Icelandic – White, Cream, or Light Blue
Faverolle – Cream, or Dark Cream
Hamburg – White
Buckeye – Brown
Barnevelder – Dark Brown
Dorking – White
Brahma – Brown
Cochin – Brown
Silkie – Cream
Serama – Cream or Light Brown
Polish – White or Cream
Sultan – White
Lakenvelder – White

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Breed Focus, About the Australorp

The Australorp is a great choice if you’re looking for an excellent layer of large brown eggs. Expect approximately five eggs per week from this *dual-purpose bird. Their color is black, their weight at maturity is 7-8 pounds, and they are docile, friendly, and considered shy.
About the Australorp
Single Comb
4 Toes
Broody/Setter
Confines Well
Average, 260 Eggs Yearly
Cold Hardy
Class: English • Rarity: Common
The Australorp is of Australian origin, developed as a utility breed with a focus on egg laying. It achieved worldwide popularity in the 1920s after the breed broke numerous world records for the number of eggs laid. The most popular color is black, which is the only color recognized in the United States. However, blue and white are also recognized in its home country. South Africa recognizes buff, splash, wheaten laced, and golden as well.
The Australorp is a great starter bird if you’re new to chicken keeping. The chicks are hardy and very easy to raise.
* Dual Purpose: provides 2 kinds of resources, meat & eggs.

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A Crossbred Chicken, with Mystery Breeding

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