Last year I produced, quite by accident, some very large, early maturing cockerels by crossing my Ameraucanas on New Hampshire Reds. I was only trying to get replacement layers and didn\'t have a NH Red male, but unfortunately I hatched no pullets. But the males were HUGE, and could have easily been butchered by 12-14 weeks. Now, since these are hatchery stock NH Reds, and we all know about hatchery stock, these may have been a fluke, but I was intrigued and decided to play with that cross a little more. I have 8 F1 due to hatch on Sunday, and I retained a cock from last year to experiment with breeding to both the Ameraucana & NH Red hens (besides, my kid thought he looked like a zebra and wouldn\'t let me eat him...)