A cross-breed is a chicken which had parents of different breeds. These cannot be shown. When selling, they can be sold (if, say, the parents were turkens and silkies) as turken/silkie crosses d
b. Mutts
A mutt is a chicken where one or more of the parents were cross-breeds or mutts themselves. These cannot be shown. They are often sold as 'barnyard selection' or mutts.
However, some people confuse these two words. When you buy or breed a cross-breed or mutt, you don't know what you are getting, and so can get some interesting looking birds.
c. Hybrids
Hybrids are chickens that are not real breeds. They have been developed to serve one of two purposes: either producing large amounts of meat or eggs. They are produced in boring colours (usually white for meat and brown for eggs) and often do not breed true (meaning that the offspring will not look the same as the parents) like standardised breeds.
(source: All about Chicken website)
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