Cream Legbar Genetics question

[Minky]

Hello.
I have only one Cream Legbar rooster... I will be using him to make olive Eggers, but also to breed with my one CLB hen, Lovey. She is not crested, but my rooster has a crest. I'm wondering if my cream leg bar chicks will be 50% crested and 50% not crested? Or 25% crested and 75 % not???? is there a way to know?

Also, my hen, Lovey's sire had a BEAUTIFUL comb. He was a stunning rooster. But he was an A$$HOLE and attacked my kids, so I re-homed him to a man who didn't have children. If I breed Lovely to my goofy giant-floppy combed rooster, are there any chances that the resulting cockerels will have a nice, good, straight comb like Lovey's dad?

 

[NatJ]

She is not crested, but my rooster has a crest. I'm wondering if my cream leg bar chicks will be 50% crested and 50% not crested? Or 25% crested and 75 % not???? is there a way to know?

Either 50% crested or 100% crested.

The rooster might have one gene for crest and one for not-crest, so he passes the crest gene to half his chicks. Or he might have two genes for crest, and passes one to every chick he sires.

Each chick that gets one gene for crest should have a crest, because it's a dominant gene. (Might have bigger crests with two copies of the gene, though.)

Be aware that those chicks will each get one not-crest gene from their mother, so they in turn may produce some not-crested chicks.

Also, my hen, Lovey's sire had a BEAUTIFUL comb.... If I breed Lovely to my goofy giant-floppy combed rooster, are there any chances that the resulting cockerels will have a nice, good, straight comb like Lovey's dad?

Yes, there is a chance. I do not know the specific genes involved, but the obvious thing would be to raise several sons from this pairing and watch their combs as they grow in hopes of finding one you like.

 

[Minky]

Excellent! Thanks for the reply!