Breeding question

[NatJ]

Also they are all without crests

That's interesting. I hadn't expected that.

Either the hens are carrying the gene for no crest and each chick happened to inherit that, or else the chicks do have the crest gene but their crests are not big enough to see. I don't know how common that is, but I have seen a few photos of Legbar-mix chickens that had crests so tiny they were hard to notice, so that might be one explanation.

 

[Rare]

That's interesting. I hadn't expected that.

Either the hens are carrying the gene for no crest and each chick happened to inherit that, or else the chicks do have the crest gene but their crests are not big enough to see. I don't know how common that is, but I have seen a few photos of Legbar-mix chickens that had crests so tiny they were hard to notice, so that might be one explanation.

I’ll send you pics later

 

[NatJ]

I’ll send you pics later

Thanks! I'd love to see how they look!

 

[Rare]

Thanks! I'd love to see how they look!

 

[NatJ]

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I see what you mean about them having no crests, but I don't have any better explanations to offer. If they later do grow obvious crests, I'd love to see an update, but otherwise I would assume the mothers had the gene for no-crest and every chick happened to inherit that instead of the crest gene.

 

[Rare]

I see what you mean about them having no crests, but I don't have any better explanations to offer. If they later do grow obvious crests, I'd love to see an update, but otherwise I would assume the mothers had the gene for no-crest and every chick happened to inherit that instead of the crest gene.

I don’t interested in crests. I wish they will lay green eggs and wish barred one is a girl

 

[NatJ]

I don’t interested in crests. I wish they will lay green eggs and wish barred one is a girl

They might lay green eggs.

Unfortunately, the barred one cannot be a girl if the black rooster is the father. The only way that one could be female is if a different rooster was the father, not either of the ones in your pictures.

When the father has no barring (example: your black rooster) then the daughters have no barring. The only way to get a barred female is to have a rooster with the barring gene.

When the mother has barring (example: Cream Legbar), then the sons do have barring (example: your chicks that are black with white barring.)

 

[Rare]

They might lay green eggs.

Unfortunately, the barred one cannot be a girl if the black rooster is the father. The only way that one could be female is if a different rooster was the father, not either of the ones in your pictures.

When the father has no barring (example: your black rooster) then the daughters have no barring. The only way to get a barred female is to have a rooster with the barring gene.

When the mother has barring (example: Cream Legbar), then the sons do have barring (example: your chicks that are black with white barring.)

I don’t have other roosters

 

[Rare]

From the black rooster, probably black daughters, and black sons with white barring.

From the light rooster, probably daughters that look a fair bit like him, and sons that look much like him but have white barring across the black areas (so the sons will be colored much like a Delaware.)

All chicks have a chance of showing red/gold leakage as they grow up, especially in the shoulders of males and maybe the breasts of females.

From both roosters, I would expect chicks to have pea combs and feathered feet. Because Cream Legbars are crested, I would expect all chicks to show small crests as well.

The red one already has small crest but I still can’t tell if it’s rooster or pullet. Barred one passed away and 2 black chicks has clear legs, no crests, no pea combs and seems like pullets.

 

[NatJ]

The red one already has small crest but I still can’t tell if it’s rooster or pullet. Barred one passed away and 2 black chicks has clear legs, no crests, no pea combs and seems like pullets.

Thanks for the update.

Interesting about the feet, combs, and ones that lack crests-- that's not what I would expect from those parents, but it's a good reminder that my predictions are not always correct!

I realize that I was a little bit careless in predicting "pea" combs. I should have said the chicks will probably inherit the pea comb gene from their father and the single comb gene from their mother, which can give a comb that looks like an odd in-between of pea and single comb (usually taller than a pea comb should be, but usually without the row of points that a single comb has.) But if either rooster is carrying the not-pea comb gene, then he can also produce some chicks with single combs.