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Quote: That is wierd that the yellow shanked ones do not have pea combs or beards, I have hatched one hen with yellow legs, beard and pea comb. Unfortunately, she lays a light brown egg. What is your goal as far as feather color? I am assuming the Leghorns were rose combed? So the F2s will...

I've got eggs in the 'bator now from Barred Leghorn x Ameraucana F1 crosses bred back to Barred Leghorn. The F1 crosses are gorgeous birds, puffy faced, rose/walnut combed barred birds with white shanks/beaks. The yellow shanks and beaks did not have beards/muffs or "pea" combs. It's amazing to...

Actually, never having had a barred chick before, how "autosexing" is a regular barred bird? I think a clean barred look is actually much more attractive than these muddy brown barred ones. I know many have created barred EEs, I wonder what is the best way to get clean black barring out of...

Back at it: Wheaten Ameraucana roo on a the barred production black leghorn. Would it work? I'm hoping I will soon find out for myself, but I'd like to know if anyone's already tried it!

Hm, I wonder if the dark cornish would work? Is there a Partridge Cornish? I would also be concerned about the brown/tinted eggs as opposed to the white eggs of the Brown Leghorn. Maybe the Dorking would work. They are a good choice for foundation stock because they are such an old breed, but I...

I asked about this same thing the other day and got no replies! I'm glad to see that chart, I couldn't even find that much info. The Legbars are actually everything you describe, down to the blue egg. I wanted to just figure out how to recreate them exactly, just because I was curious. It seems...