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post #61 of 744
9/25/10 at 6:44am

My goal is for some rumpless barred hens that lay blue/green eggs.   Below is the rooster I'm using, he's purebred Araucana.  The hens are cuckoo Marans.  This cross would produce sex linked chicks so the barred chicks will be roosters.  From this cross,  can  I breed one of the resulting rumpless barred roosters (with pea comb) back to the Maran hens and get some barred, rumpless pullets?  I know I'll also have to cull the pullets for only pea combed if I want the blue/green eggs.  Is there a better suggestion to reach my goal?

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post #62 of 744
10/7/10 at 9:56am

Ok, I am so confused... I thought I did all of my homework on the chicks I purchased yesterday. I bought 8 Rhode Island Red/ Red Star crosses. I hope I got the right one's. They are all 4 weeks old. We want Hens, and not roosters. All of them are dark in color, a few of them have the lighter heads, but darker bodies..... I guess it really doesn't matter. I have enjoyed them. Is there a way to tell what are going to be pullets, and which are going to be roosters? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


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post #63 of 744
10/7/10 at 10:46am
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Originally Posted by swilson1484 

Ok, I am so confused... I thought I did all of my homework on the chicks I purchased yesterday. I bought 8 Rhode Island Red/ Red Star crosses. I hope I got the right one's. They are all 4 weeks old. We want Hens, and not roosters. All of them are dark in color, a few of them have the lighter heads, but darker bodies..... I guess it really doesn't matter. I have enjoyed them. Is there a way to tell what are going to be pullets, and which are going to be roosters? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


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post #64 of 744
10/7/10 at 11:00am

if my Auburn Java Rooster cross breeds one of my Silver Laced Wyandotte or Pymouth Barred Rock, do I get black sex-links?

What if my Barred Rock Rooster gets to some of my red sex-links?

Or SLW X PBR either way?

I know my Java Roo got to my EE hen, but I can never find an egg from her, EVER!

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post #65 of 744
10/8/10 at 7:58pm

ok i have eggs hatching near halloween they are pure barred rocks and rir but they are mixed into the same coop. if i have a rir rooster with a barred rock hen i will get a black sexlink right? and if i have a barred rock rooster with a rir hen what would i get? thank you

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post #66 of 744
10/8/10 at 8:22pm

Yes the RIR roo to barred rock hens will produce sex link chicks but the RIR hens to barred rock roo would not.

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post #67 of 744
10/28/10 at 10:38am

I have a RIR rooster in with my Barred Rock and GLW hens. I know how to tell the BR cross. Will I be able to sexlink the Gold Lace Wyanndotte cross.

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post #68 of 744
10/28/10 at 3:02pm
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I have a RIR rooster in with my Barred Rock and GLW hens. I know how to tell the BR cross. Will I be able to sexlink the Gold Lace Wyanndotte cross.


Nope,  you could with Silver laced Wyandottes, but not Golden laced

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Hatching eggs are no longer avaiable from any breeds until further notice due to predator problems and birds being too old .
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Hatching eggs are no longer avaiable from any breeds until further notice due to predator problems and birds being too old .
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post #69 of 744
11/10/10 at 7:33pm
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Originally Posted by smoothmule 

My goal is for some rumpless barred hens that lay blue/green eggs.   Below is the rooster I'm using, he's purebred Araucana.  The hens are cuckoo Marans.  This cross would produce sex linked chicks so the barred chicks will be roosters.  From this cross,  can  I breed one of the resulting rumpless barred roosters (with pea comb) back to the Maran hens and get some barred, rumpless pullets?  I know I'll also have to cull the pullets for only pea combed if I want the blue/green eggs.  Is there a better suggestion to reach my goal?

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/8809_rudy20feb10_03.jpg


yes,  you should get 50% cuckoo ofsping. also if you cross one of the F1 cuckoo sons back to Araucana hens you should get 50% cuckoo ofspring since the cuckoo son will have one copy of the cuckoo gene.


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post #70 of 744
11/10/10 at 7:35pm

oh i am sorry, i did not realize that post was that old, well maybe it can help someone

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