Ghost barring project

[MysteryChicken]

Okay, so what order of breeding are you planning to do?

 

[Chickpalooza]

So, if you breed a Single Barred roo to a Barred Hen, you can get both Single, & double Barred offspring.

Brewster was from the feed store so his genetics are completely unknown to me. His son, espresso is from him and my barred rock hen (actually he is the only purebred chicken we’ve ever hatched)

 

[Chickpalooza]

Okay, so what order of breeding are you planning to do?

Well… i guess it depends on a few things

 

[MysteryChicken]

Brewster was from the feed store so his genetics are completely unknown to me. His son, espresso is from him and my barred rock hen (actually he is the only purebred chicken we’ve ever hatched)

Brewster appears to be a Black Sex-link since he's single Barred.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Well… i guess it depends on a few things

Okay.

 

[Chickpalooza]

Brewster appears to be a Black Sex-link since he's single Barred.

Brewster appears to be a Black Sex-link since he's single Barred.

How did you get to this conclusion? He looks like any other barred rock roo?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

They look more orange to me so idkView attachment 2790148View attachment 2790150View attachment 2790152View attachment 2790153View attachment 2790154View attachment 2790157View attachment 2790158View attachment 2790159Alright those are all of noodles, the next will be brother, father, and mother in that order.View attachment 2790164View attachment 2790167View attachment 2790173idk why her legs look more yellow in the photo but they are definitely white. Not his actual mom but all my white hens look the same and she was the easiest to take a picture of

Yellow and orange legs are caused by the same genes in chickens. Your white hen appears to be a leghorn mix (a purebred one would lay white eggs). Her legs actually look like they’re faded/washed out yellow, which can happen with laying hens, but they could be white.

 

[Chickpalooza]

Yellow and orange legs are caused by the same genes in chickens. Your white hen appears to be a leghorn mix (a purebred one would lay white eggs). Her legs actually look like they’re faded/washed out yellow, which can happen with laying hens, but they could be white.

Ok so I got some pictures, white hens at the top and comparison pictures at the bottom (sorry my hens look like sunburnt turkeys lol I haven’t gotten my saddles yet)

alright everything from this point and down are comparison pictures (make sure to read the labels)

RIR x Buff Orpington- natural white legs

? X ? -natural white legs

leghorn - natural orange/yellow legs

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Ok so I got some pictures, white hens at the top and comparison pictures at the bottom (sorry my hens look like sunburnt turkeys lol I haven’t gotten my saddles yet)View attachment 2791417View attachment 2791419View attachment 2791421View attachment 2791423alright everything from this point and down are comparison pictures (make sure to read the labels)View attachment 2791425RIR x Buff Orpington- natural white legsView attachment 2791427? X ? -natural white legsView attachment 2791428leghorn - natural orange/yellow legs

Yeah they look like washed out yellow. You can usually tell because genetically white legs will not have any yellow tint. Washed out yellow looks sort of like dirty/yellowish white.

 

[Chickpalooza]

Yeah they look like washed out yellow. You can usually tell because genetically white legs will not have any yellow tint. Washed out yellow looks sort of like dirty/yellowish white.

Hmmm I’m still not sure they are leghorns. They’re a bit chunky compared to my young leghorn although I guess that could be age related.