Was that the white bird you got with the Leghorn?
"Good breeding stock" depends on what you want to produce. Crossing this bird with your Red hens will give decent layers, not quite as good as momma in all likelihood. The pea comb on the rooster gives a good chance of blue egg genes, so crossing him with your brown layers should give mostly green egg laying pullet offspring, although you may get some brown egg layers also.
I'm not sure what kind of white the EE carry, if it's dominant or recessive. you'll likely get red and white birds, but black could be hiding under some of that white, so who knows what may pop out color wise
x3Was that the white bird you got with the Leghorn?
"Good breeding stock" depends on what you want to produce. Crossing this bird with your Red hens will give decent layers, not quite as good as momma in all likelihood. The pea comb on the rooster gives a good chance of blue egg genes, so crossing him with your brown layers should give mostly green egg laying pullet offspring, although you may get some brown egg layers also.
I'm not sure what kind of white the EE carry, if it's dominant or recessive. you'll likely get red and white birds, but black could be hiding under some of that white, so who knows what may pop out color wise
Was that the white bird you got with the Leghorn?
"Good breeding stock" depends on what you want to produce. Crossing this bird with your Red hens will give decent layers, not quite as good as momma in all likelihood. The pea comb on the rooster gives a good chance of blue egg genes, so crossing him with your brown layers should give mostly green egg laying pullet offspring, although you may get some brown egg layers also.
I'm not sure what kind of white the EE carry, if it's dominant or recessive. you'll likely get red and white birds, but black could be hiding under some of that white, so who knows what may pop out color wise
