Australorp x Cream Legbar?

[KikiLeigh02]

I bought a Black Australorp pullet from a local breeder. I knew she had some color bleeding when I bought her, but she's just for eggs so I don't really care. She's 10 weeks now and she's mostly black with some brown but doesn't quite have the sheen the other Australorp pullets have. In the last couple of weeks she's developed a crest. I asked the breeder and she's thinking the Cream Legbar rooster may have mixed with her Black Australorp hens. If that's what happened will she lay a mint colored egg?

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Yes, if she is an Australorp-Cream Legbar mix, she would lay a light green egg.

However, I wonder if that is the case as she would be barred if she were from the Cream Legbar rooster over an Australorp hen. She doesn't have barring, so I doubt she is a first generation offspring from Australorp and Cream Legbar.

That means, if the birds are freely mingling, she may be a hybrid of hybrid. That means you may or may not get any mint green eggs.

LofMc

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Thank you! I didn't think about the barring gene! That was just what she suggested, so you're probably right about the cross of a cross. I looked at the adult Australorps but I didn't pay attention to the Legbars. I know this is the first year she's offered Legbar chicks. She has some faint barring on her chest but that's it. I guess I'll find out in another 14 weeks or so when she lays. I can't complain, I knew her coloring was off when I bought her, she was only $2, and she's my favorite out of the bunch.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Still waiting for her egg! We're getting super close though. She molted out any trace of brown at 12 weeks, but still has her funky crest. 2 of the Black Australorps I got at the same time are laying now. I'm not 100% sure what she is, but she is gorgeous.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Here's hoping its green.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

She finally laid! The little goof ball laid it on the ground so I almost missed it, but it is green! She's the only one it could have come from.

 

[BlueBaby]

Congrat's on your green egg! Got to love those crests!

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Thank you! I do love her crest! She has such a great personality too. Not bad for a chick I thought was going to just be a really poorly colored Black Australorp, lol.

Congrat's on your green egg! Got to love those crests!

 

[BlueBaby]

Thank you! I do love her crest! She has such a great personality too. Not bad for a chick I thought was going to just be a really poorly colored Black Australorp, lol.

Don't worry about that. I have a Splash Australorp hen that I bred to a CCLB roo a few months ago that I hatched 4 eggs from, and 2 of the 4 pullets have the crests and are sort of grayish in color with the color bleed through. They haven't started laying eggs yet, but I am hoping for green one's. The CCLB eggs are sort of small, so maybe they will be bigger from the Australorp mixed in.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

I was surprised, when she had her last baby molt all the brown molted out. Her coloring is exactly the same as the Australorps. She just has the crest and her comb looks more like a CCL. Hopefully the eggs will be bigger! I think hers will be, this was her first and it was almost a medium when I weighed it.

Don't worry about that. I have a Splash Australorp hen that I bred to a CCLB roo a few months ago that I hatched 4 eggs from, and 2 of the 4 pullets have the crests and are sort of grayish in color with the color bleed through. They haven't started laying eggs yet, but I am hoping for green one's. The CCLB eggs are sort of small, so maybe they will be bigger from the Australorp mixed in.