Cream legbar crossed Goldline, thoughts and experiences?

[nadrojsack]

Ive got the opportunity to add a cream legbar cockeral to my Goldline hens, im coming to the end of hatching quail and would like to know if anyone has crossbeed a cream legbar with a goldline? if so what have been your results? Im looking for occasional coloured eggs in a high egg laying bird. thanks

 

[nadrojsack]

Would it make something like a cream legbar and a rir? but better?!

 

[nadrojsack]

Just for reference. . .

 

[rebrascora]

Hi.
If the cream legbar rooster has both blue egg genes(homozygous) then all the female offspring will get a blue egg gene and it's dominant. Couple that with the brown egg coating of the goldline and you get a green egg, so all the pullets from such a breeding should lay green eggs. If he doesn't have both blue egg genes(heterozygous) then 50% will lay green eggs. I believe that's right anyway.

I used my legbar cockerel on my RIR and I love the pullets from this cross and intend to breed some more as they have great personality, are quite pretty and lay avocado/olive coloured eggs about 6 days a week at the moment. My RIR lays a dark egg though, so with a goldline you will most likely get a very pale green.

 

[rebrascora]

Also, just noticed that we are very near neighbours! Hello and welcome! Where are you in Durham?

 

[nadrojsack]

what an awesome response! thankyou. I guess ill get the rooster then. how long should i give the rooster before setting the eggs do you know? thankyou

 

[rebrascora]

It depends on the cockerel. If he is an established cockerel and the hens are accepting him then a few days should be enough, give it a week to be sure. If he is a young bird and the hens are older, they may not accept his advances and it may take longer. Watch them and see how they interact.

I should say that my experience is very limited in that I've only got 2 pullets from this cross so far and sadly one has now got Mareks disease so she is not laying. And the eggs that I am getting are very small, but then they are pullets eggs and my RIR doesn't lay big eggs like a Goldline will. The pullet who is laying though is undoubtedly my favourite out of a flock of 40.

 

[chicken pickin]

Just for reference. . .

Are these males pictured the Cream Legbars you are planning on picking up?

If so, these do not look like pure Cream Legbar at all. There is a very good chance those cockerels are already a mix meaning they would only have one blue egg gene not the 2 they are supposed to have. This means not all offspring of your planned cross will get a colored egg gene, more like 50/50.

 

[nadrojsack]

Yes they are the available cockerals, i thought as much as the chap said they were sold to him as cream legbars but is only advertising them as legbars. in any case a few coloured eggs here and there would be nice. Anyone got a picture of a pure breed.cream legbar rooster?

 

[chicken pickin]

Yes they are the available cockerals, i thought as much as the chap said they were sold to him as cream legbars but is only advertising them as legbars. in any case a few coloured eggs here and there would be nice. Anyone got a picture of a pure breed.cream legbar rooster?

This is my Pure Cream Legbar cock.

He isn't as silver as he looks, as you can see in the last pic in the snow his cream stands out (please excuse his frostbite)