Blue egg laying barred EE?

[ColtHandorf]

Just got a reply back that they are Cuckoo/Lavender Cuckoo, but you could easily cross that to your BBS birds if you so desired.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Sorry to get back on topic…

I found the pictures, and it looks like they were Lavender and BBS (Barred or Cuckoo I can’t tell).

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The breeders name is Chris Cross and he is in Irving, TX. Apparently the best way to contact him is through Facebook.

Chris Cross
That's wiggity wiggity wack

 

[ColtHandorf]

Chris Cross
That's wiggity wiggity wack

I’m mad that I laughed. And also mad I didn’t see that first. His parents are obviously awful people. Lol

 

[The Moonshiner]

I’m mad that I laughed. And also mad I didn’t see that first. His parents are obviously awful people. Lol

So mad it wanted to make you jump jump

 

[Tonyroo]

So mad it wanted to make you jump jump

Good one.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Good one.

I have my moments

 

[DarJones]

This thread highlights one of the issues facing the industry. If a single trait is introgressed into an existing breed, does that breed then lose its identity? If someone stabilizes a barred rock phenotype that lays blue eggs, do we call it a barred rock? I submit that we just about have to because the term "barred rock" is a phenotype descriptor. It is the same concept as someone developing a buff rock, a spangled rock, etc. The key is having the typical breed phenotype with a new gene inserted. Now if you want to see something weird, I have a hen that is colored like a Silver Laced Wyandotte but she has a leghorn tail and she lays a blue egg. She carries her tail feathers splayed out like a strutting turkey.

Blue egg laying single comb Brown Leghorns were developed by Keith Bramwell at UARK about 10 years ago. I got eggs from him 8 years ago and used them to make the blue egg laying Silver Laced Wyandottes.

As for breeding a barred rock that lays blue eggs, genetically I don't see any issues. The blue egg gene is on chromosome 1 and slow feathering on W/Z. You would need the gene for zinc white eggshells in order to get sky blue eggs in a barred rock background. Avoid pea comb blue egg layers as parents because pea comb and blue egg are linked on chromosome 1.

 

[nicalandia]

This thread highlights one of the issues facing the industry. If a single trait is introgressed into an existing breed, does that breed then lose its identity?

Not to me

 

[EmmaRainboe]

I'd just like to point out, that the poster with the "blue laying plymouth rock" bought the bird as an EE, but due to it lacking a lot of the usual EE features, came to BYC to have their bird identified. Because the birds phenotype closely resembled that of a plymouth rock, they were told it was a barred rock. As time went on their now "barred plymouth rock," laid a green egg.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Here is the thread were her bird was misidentified. I was wrong.

Thread 'Easter egger or barred rock chick?'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/easter-egger-or-barred-rock-chick.1474418/

Now, I believe @Floof has a project they plan to be working on, so maybe we should let them have their thread back?