Breeding a White Leghorn rooster with..?

[sealer39]

Thanks for the replies. That’s all good information I didn’t know. I’ve found it hard to get much info for my specific future crosses. My EE is golden color. She hasn’t started laying yet though.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Thanks for the replies. That’s all good information I didn’t know. I’ve found it hard to get much info for my specific future crosses. My EE is golden color. She hasn’t started laying yet though.

Do you have a picture of her?

 

[sealer39]

Every pic I took showed her more red than gold but anyway this is her

 

[nicalandia]

Not entirely true. The speckled sussex crosses will be mostly red, similar to a red sex link.

A WL cross with Speckled Sussex will not be mostly red, they will hatch white at hatch and will only show some form of gold/yellow leakage when adults.

Both Parents in the Red Sex links are Columbian restricted, one is Silver(the dame) and one gold(the sire), both parents are wheaten at the e locus, in this case White Leghorns are Extended black/Silver Birchen with dominant white.. When crossed to a wild type red based columbian restricted breed(speckled sussex) the cross will be E/e+, I/i+ all white chick down with some black flecks on the chicks, as adults they will grow to be mostly white with some degree of leakage

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Every pic I took showed her more red than gold but anyway this is her
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She would also produce red and white offspring.

 

[nicalandia]

She would also produce red and white offspring.

When mated to a White Leghorn? Please elaborate more on this.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

When mated to a White Leghorn? Please elaborate more on this.

Yes. I can't tell exactly what they would look like since she's an EE and is a mixed color.

 

[FowlWitch]

Not entirely true. The speckled sussex crosses will be mostly red, similar to a red sex link. Depending on what your EE looks like, you could get some nice muffed crosses that are relatively colorful.

I can confirm. I bred a white silkie roo to some EEs, and only one chick came out white. The rest were partridge or black

 

[nicalandia]

Yes. I can't tell exactly what they would look like since she's an EE and is a mixed color.

There is Absolutely no way that a cross between a White Leghorn rooster and a gold based EE will produce red offspring, White Leghorns are Silver based when you cross a Silver based rooster with a gold based hen, the F1 pullets will be Silver and the Cockerels will be Heterozygous Silver too(S/s+) and only showing some degree of Lemon/Orange as they get older

I can confirm. I bred a white silkie roo to some EEs, and only one chick came out white. The rest were partridge or black

Whte Silkies are based on recessive white and partridge(but white sports based on paint are dominant white with extended black). White Leghorns are E/E(or ER/ER), Silver and Dominant white.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I can confirm. I bred a white silkie roo to some EEs, and only one chick came out white. The rest were partridge or black

As @nicalandia said, white silkies are different than white leghorns.

There is Absolutely no way that a cross between a White Leghorn rooster and a gold based EE will produce red offspring, White Leghorns are Silver based when you cross a Silver based rooster with a gold based hen, the F1 pullets will be Silver and the Cockerels will be Heterozygous Silver too(S/s+) and only showing some degree of Lemon/Orange as they get older

Whte Silkies are based on recessive white and partridge(but white sports based on paint are dominant white with extended black). White Leghorns are E/E(or ER/ER), Silver and Dominant white.

I forgot about silver. However, I've seen a lot of leghorn crosses that are red, so I'm assuming that some are based on gold.