What is it crossed with?
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Quote:Will a CCL Rooster over a Welsummer hen produce a sex link chick (white spot on male's head)? Does anyone have any pictures of that cross or the color of eggs it produces? I'd think the eggs would be olive?
Thanks,
Deborah
I could be possible that the EE part of your project hens have a feathered leg gene from somewhere in there back ground.
Hey there BuffyBS - I think it adds a lot to the conversation! Thanks for the insights. :O)I think feathers/stubs on the shanks are a thing that happens in lots of breeds of chickens that aren't supposed to have them. I was reading an old, maybe the 1915, APA standard book and was looking through a section about show prep (or something like that) for Wyandottes and it was discussing how you should make sure to pluck any feather stubs on the legs before showing. So it must be something that pops up now and then across the board?
Not that it really adds anything to this discussion but I thought it was interesting!
If I am remembering correctly from reading an APA SOP - spurs on hens are 1/2 point off their total score. I think it may be more common in UK than here in USA -- and Legbar is a UK breed -- I have a CL with spurs. (She is pictured on the CL Club's photo Gallery in slide 17) It's 02 Galley of Photos in the left navigation bar.At least you don't have hens with spurs. I have welsummers, silver laced hens, and legbars all from three different breeders and all from three different states. All the same age within a week apart and not even a year old. Just glad not all of them has spurs.
I am wondering if it is related to the 19 percent protein feed I feed them.
If you breed the F1 hens back to the legbar roo, will the F2's be autosexing or am I thinking wrong? I was thinking about breeding my rhodebar roo to welsummer hens and back breeding . I was also going to do that with the legbar roo with welsummer hens and back breeding with roo. I know one thing, Those will be some dark olive eggs. I might be very wrong so please let me know.