I have a question that I can't find answers to.
I crossed an Ameraucana rooster with White Leghorn hens. It's been a few weeks & I noticed that what I'm guessing are roosters are all white (or mostly all white) with yellow legs while the hens (based on comb size) are white with black spots & have dark legs. So is this something consistent with first generation breeding? Can you tell the roosters from hens based on leg coloring on hatch day? Or am I missing something? If this is true, it sure would save a lot of feed & time figuring out hens vs roos.
Thanks in advance!
I crossed an Ameraucana rooster with White Leghorn hens. It's been a few weeks & I noticed that what I'm guessing are roosters are all white (or mostly all white) with yellow legs while the hens (based on comb size) are white with black spots & have dark legs. So is this something consistent with first generation breeding? Can you tell the roosters from hens based on leg coloring on hatch day? Or am I missing something? If this is true, it sure would save a lot of feed & time figuring out hens vs roos.
Thanks in advance!
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Sorry, I'm not helpful on this either. The only genetics I understand when it comes to sexlink genes is barring and even that I tend to remember backwards, lol.
