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-If I take a U of A blue Ro over a California Gray hen I will get sex-links. (year 1) -If next year I use those f1 hens under another U of A Ro how many will keep both the barring and blue egg gene?

@Steen You have a great face for your logo; but that drawing is priceless. I'd use that.

I have read the California Gray thread and have not totally come to that conclusion. However I am assuming this to be true. My question is more in regards to the mixing of U of A blue with the California Gray and the potential of keeping the blue egg and being auto sexing.

For me it is a hobby; but my hobby is breeding the best egg laying birds that produce lots of large pretty colored eggs. Maybe I can sell some eggs to help offset the cost of feed. I used to work for my uncle who had ten's of thousands of white leghorns and made a % of a penny from each bird...

It sounds like this may be a good path but I need to understand more of how this works. And why? -Year 2014 Hatch U of A Blue -2015 U of A Blue over CL -2016 F1 cross over CL???

I don't understand why not use a CL Ro over a U of A hen? (Not that I care at this point, just trying to learn.) Also, then later generations keep breeding with CL?

So what might you expect if you crossed a Cream Legbar to a U of A Blue with the goal of increasing the egg production of an autosexing breed? One has a pea comb and the other single. This might be more interesting than the other projects I was thinking of trying since I already have the Cream...

@nicalandia Would it make any difference on the outcome if I kept a U of A rooster to breed with a Jaerhon hen to start this project rather than a Jaerhons over a U of A blue hen? My reasoning is at this time I only have two pens; one for a Marans Ro and the other for a blue egger Ro so I can...

@enola I have to admit to raising neither breed yet but from reading a good deal about both, I have ordered hatching eggs from each breed. I also in my reading have come to like the Jaehons better so I am thinking of a blue egg jaerhon. Give me a year with the birds and my mind may change. I...

So the timeline would be; - Year 2014 Hatch both breeds. - 2015 cross Jaerhon Male x Blue egger hen - 2016 cross Blue Barred Hens x Jaerhon Male - 2017 cull 75% of hens not laying blue eggs and cross remaing 25% with ??? male Do I have the rocket part of the science yet?

I can only speak from what I've read and not from what I've experienced. They caught my attention from their being sex-linked, reported laying abilities of large white eggs, good temperament, nice appearance and smaller body which I personally like because I am more into eggs than butchering...

Why should the world have only one auto-sexing blue egg laying chicken breed? And in the short time I have had Cream Legbars, I have not been very impressed with their laying production. And it might give me something to talk to my son about who's in Med school and is too busy to talk to his...

Are we talking "Rocket Science" understanding of genetics here or some basic understanding with some trail, error and time?

I am considering buying some Norwegian Jaerhon hatching eggs this spring along with the U of A Blue eggs with the intent of crossing them with the hope of keeping the Norwegian Jaehon Auto-sexing trait and the U of A blue egg. Norwegian Jaehon are smaller large birds that lay large white eggs...

What is a Whiting Blue? The same as we have been calling U of A Blue?

Well before I hijacked this thread with mite control, I'd asked about comparing U of A's with Cream Legbars. I have a pair of CL and have not been impressed with them so far along with others I have read about and looking for an alternative blue egg layer. (Maybe I need to try another pair.)...

Anyone care to elaborate on how to apply? How many strips per square foot? How often spray revolution? ect

What routine do you use. Every month? or spring? or... So far I have never had a problem, but