Australorps breed Thread

[subhanalah]

Tell me if I'm following (just bits) this right.  Does the egg shell color come from the rooster?  Example: I mixed a white leghorn hen with a buff orpington rooster.  If it's a pullet it should lay brown eggs. Correct?

they get one gene from mom and the other from dad. The eggs should be light tan or creme.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

Ok, that makes sense. The post with the white leghorn rooster with a black australorp hen threw me off when it said white. So in theory that would also produce a cream or light colored egg.

 

[Turk Raphael]

Ok, that makes sense. The post with the white leghorn rooster with a black australorp hen threw me off when it said white. So in theory that would also produce a cream or light colored egg.

Actually, I've seen eggs from Austra-White hens and their eggs are more accurately described as cream rather than white...at least for the ones I saw and there were more than 100 hens in that flock.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

I think that's what I just said. Basically what I get out of the whole idea is any white layer mixed with a brown layer is going to pretty much produce a cream colored egg.

 

[Turk Raphael]

interesting. Mine are good, just want to range farther than the other chickens are happy with. Perhaps they just don't deal well with confinement?

These were free-ranged as well. He put them in a very large pen when they started on the dark colored chicks, but they soon started in on each other! He then de-beaked them and turned them out with the rest and all they did was chase and harass the other chicks...There were 35 of them and just did the deed.

They came from the same place as did yours.

Are yours laying yet?

 

[ronott1]

Tell me if I'm following (just bits) this right. Does the egg shell color come from the rooster? Example: I mixed a white leghorn hen with a buff orpington rooster. If it's a pullet it should lay brown eggs. Correct?

they get one gene from mom and the other from dad. The eggs should be light tan or creme.

One set of up to 15 gene pairs from each parent...It is rather complicated.

Ok, that makes sense. The post with the white leghorn rooster with a black australorp hen threw me off when it said white. So in theory that would also produce a cream or light colored egg.

The eggs will be cram to light brown usually. They are considered brown egg layers but some of the eggs will be close to pearl in color.

 

[Turk Raphael]

I'm sorry...I thought you said white. My bad. Sorry.

 

[Turk Raphael]

One set of up to 15 gene pairs from each parent...It is rather complicated.
The eggs will be cram to light brown usually. They are considered brown egg layers but some of the eggs will be close to pearl in color.

What makes them tend to be nearer cream than tan or any other darker color is the fact that White Leghorns was used to help create the Australorp.

Most hatcheries that make this cross call them white egg layers.

 

[ronott1]

What makes them tend to be nearer cream than tan or any other darker color is the fact that White Leghorns was used to help create the Australorp.

Most hatcheries that make this cross call them white egg layers.

Quite true!

Then those with them complain when some of the eggs are a bit darker than white. I really like the cream colored eggs. My Pita Pintas lay cream colored smooth eggs. One hen manages to get some brown speckles on the eggs.

Thanks for letting us know of the behavior problems. Pita Pintas are very friendly.



This is my big boy Pepe!

 

[Turk Raphael]

Quite true!

Then those with them complain when some of the eggs are a bit darker than white. I really like the cream colored eggs. My Pita Pintas lay cream colored smooth eggs. One hen manages to get some brown speckles on the eggs.

Thanks for letting us know of the behavior problems. Pita Pintas are very friendly.



This is my big boy Pepe!

Beautiful bird!