Cream Legabar Delaware Cross Results??

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Yes as I said in my post above - sex link is different from autosexing, as there are more than one breed involved. Any cross between breeds that results in sexable offspring is sex linked. Why do you say that crossing two barred breeds would not be a sex linked cross? If the males are double barred and the females are single, seems like the same rule would apply, although sexing by barring pattern alone is not super reliable.

In this case, that isn’t likely. The barring won’t be visible since the chicks will have silver (white) down, and the headspot is also white.

I believe a cross of legbar and something like rhodebar or bielefelder would be autosexing, but I’m not certain.

 

[1muttsfan]

I guess we will have to agree to disagree regarding sexable offspring.

 

[MountainMarans2012]

I just got this Delaware rooster and plan to hatch chicks out of him later this summer or next spring. One cross in particular I’d like to try out is my cream legbar hen. She lays a nice blue egg, is a very productive layer, good size, and has an all-around great disposition for free ranging. From what I could gather, I should be able to sex the chicks at hatch since both have the barring gene. And the hens should lay a greenish egg? I don’t know what color egg the rooster came out of, but it should be an average brown egg color. Can anyone confirm this- and would all the hens lay the same egg color? What colors should they be at hatch, and at maturity? Will they all be crested?

Sorry about all the questions, but I’m just curious! I’d like to know so I can decide how many eggs I’ll incubate from this hen. She is also from a reputable local breeder with good breeding stock- and the only other breed on her farm is Marans, so no possibility of mixed blood.

I was also planning to just separate the males and raise them for meat- I know they won’t be very substantial, but it’s good enough for my needs. Hopefully the roo’s genetics will help their growth and size, so they’ll be a little better than pure legbars. I’m happy with the possibility of knowing who’s male and female immediately and getting to avoid the guessing game. I’ve also heard that cream legbar meat is very nicely flavored and tender - it’d be interesting to try out.

Photos are for reference

So did you hatch offspring from this cross?
If so do you have pictures of chicks and grow-outs for reference?
I'm looking for good crosses that offspring lays better than pure parents