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I have an update, I was able to secure more Raraku, so I WILL NOT BE OUTCROSSING! I have also learned a lot more about them since I first got them. They are ideally supposed to have a small tassel/crest! I also learned I have a red line, but there is a silver birchen line out there. The ones...

Barnum Ameraucanas come in more colors too...good idea RoostersAreAwesome. And you’re right, the size is way more ideal!

I agree with you 100%. It’s been an idea, but I certainly am afraid of the damage that may be done. I have an open breeding pen, so I was thinking of testing out a cross. I wouldnot be mixing it back in with the main line unless I achieved something identical to the original. This would take...

They are called Raraku, they are a type of Rapanui landrace There’s a bit about them in this Article: http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/13E06A05.pdf A user named Yashar used to raise various Rapanui breeds, his birds are around, but he doesn’t have his flocks anymore. Feather site also...

Thank you for the info! The chickens I'm working with already lay beautiful blue eggs, that's one of the main reasons I wanted to use Legbars. I chose them over Ameraucanas or Araucanas because Legbars are easier to find and don't have the beards or tufts. If I can find crestless stock that...

Thank you Moonshiner. Overall Im confident removing the crest is doable, now I’m thinking through all the other genes that will need to be put back into place. It’ll be a fine project to my project at very least.

They lay blue eggs, so I thought the Legbar would be a good idea. If it turns into too much of a genetic mess, I'll still have a pure line with only the starter stock.

It's not that I don't like the crests. I'm just looking for clean birds without beards, muffs, crests, or feathered legs. I'm going to use them in an experimental line of Raraku to hopefully improve egg production. I'll keep one pen using only the parent stock without any mixing. Below are two...

However I assume it would get messed up in the process. Of course it could be bred back in, though that would be doubly challenging to keep no crests but preserve auto sexing.

I’m not interested in preserving the autosexing gene.

Thank you everyone!

I want to use Legbars in a breeding project but I want no trace of crests in my birds. Their color and egg laying ability are desirable to me, as well as the blue eggs, so they seem like the best choice. Does anyone with experience know about how many generations it takes to breed the crests...