barred easter egger?

[CackleJoy]

Jerryse - Thanks for the tips regarding breeding back. That's exactly what I needed to know! I keep rereading the comments trying to take it all in. I'm not slow really =) Just a lot to absorb. What I would like to see is the full Ameraucana look - complete with the full muff and beard - and barring. Just because it's entertaining! My EE's (sold to me as purebred Ameraucana's, have I mentioned that?) are some of my favorite birds! The BR hens are right behind them in personality and production. I think it's a great genetic combination. I'd breed it for personality alone!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Thank you all for the comments and the pictures too!  So helpful!  I think the bearded barring combo is so fun =)  Have a little love affair going on with all these EE crosses.  WAY too interesting! 
Trying to take absorb information as I go.  Had a Dark Brahma get my girls too.  The chicks off him have feathered feet.  They'll probably be slow developing and for that reason won't be a breeding project.  I did think it was interesting they kept the trademark chipmunk look whereas the BR x's didn't.
This is a wonderful forum.  You all are so knowledgeable about the genetics.
Thank you!

all the chicks from your dark brahma will have featheredfeet. it is dominant

 

[LeJeune1]

Jerryse, She is a very nice bird. I would like to start a barred ameraucana /blue eager project soon!

 

[jerryse]

Thank you.I will offer chicks and eggs come spring.

 

[19home]

well, if shes a mix, is she special?

 

[CackleJoy]

The one in the back is my nicest colored. 1st gen. Looking like a cockerel



This one is not as pretty, not as dark. Probably a pullet.

 

[CackleJoy]

Here are some pics of my cuckoo pullet at the Fowl Fest show in Michigan.The first step in becoming a project color.She was the only cuckoo entered but it is start.

I too have a nice cuckoo pullet. I'm considering breeding her to a lovely little EE cuckoo cockerel. What happens with their offspring? Does the cuckoo stay? Have you bred yours? She's lovely!

 

[jerryse]

I too have a nice cuckoo pullet. I'm considering breeding her to a lovely little EE cuckoo cockerel. What happens with their offspring? Does the cuckoo stay? Have you bred yours? She's lovely!

Cuckoo is barring with fast feather growth. Slow feather growth gives the more distinct crisp barring. The hen can only have 1 barring gene that she can only pass to her sons. Your cockerel may have 1 or 2 barring genes. If he has 1 barring gene he will have a solid colored feather somewhere. If 2 barring genes he will not have any solid colored feathers. If he has 2 barring genes all his chicks will be cuckoo when mated to your hen all chicks will be pure for cuckoo/barring. If your cockerel has only 1 barring gene when mated to your pullet 50% of his chicks in both sexes will inherit barring. So 50% black pullets 50% cuckoo pullets. All cockerels cuckoo 50% 2 genes 50% 1 gene. I will try to post a pic of a cockerel with 1 copy. See the black feather. These can occur anywhere on the chicken with 1 copy barring. Tail and wing are common places for this to occur. Hope this helps. Also if you mate your cuckoo pullet to a solid colored male all cockerels will be cuckoo. This is a sex linked mating.

 

[cmom]

Here are some pics of my cuckoo pullet at the Fowl Fest show in Michigan.The first step in becoming a project color.She was the only cuckoo entered but it is start.

I show Rhode Island Whites. Very few people have them let alone breed them. I am one of the few. I am hoping to get more people into raising them. I was thinking of some Cuckoo's or Barred Rocks. Not sure yet what I want.

 

[CackleJoy]

Cuckoo is barring with fast feather growth. Slow feather growth gives the more distinct crisp barring. The hen can only have 1 barring gene that she can only pass to her sons. Your cockerel may have 1 or 2 barring genes. If he has 1 barring gene he will have a solid colored feather somewhere. If 2 barring genes he will not have any solid colored feathers. If he has 2 barring genes all his chicks will be cuckoo when mated to your hen all chicks will be pure for cuckoo/barring. If your cockerel has only 1 barring gene when mated to your pullet 50% of his chicks in both sexes will inherit barring. So 50% black pullets 50% cuckoo pullets. All cockerels cuckoo 50% 2 genes 50% 1 gene. I will try to post a pic of a cockerel with 1 copy. See the black feather. These can occur anywhere on the chicken with 1 copy barring. Tail and wing are common places for this to occur. Hope this helps. Also if you mate your cuckoo pullet to a solid colored male all cockerels will be cuckoo. This is a sex linked mating.

My fav pullet. Camera misses her puffy cheeks. I will watch the cockerel for an odd feather!