OK, so there IS a difference between single and double barred. Thank you. My original thinking had been that a female would look double barred since even though she only has the single gene, she doesn't have a normal non-barring gene competing with it, like a single bar male would.Middle cockerel is double barred . Not Legbar hybrids but the only example I have . Note darker color and some feathers without barring on the single barred .
Thank you for the lesson. I appreciate learning things little by little as they come up.
I have 2 chicks that just hatched. CCL roo x RIR and CCl x Buff Orp. Now if they are males, will they begin to show barring as they age? Fairly new to this. They both have eyeliner and the RIR has a faint stripe down the back
Ok, was just reading thru trying to find that answer. Thank you
Regarding Cream Legbar females.... according to the chick-down descriptions on the Brit SOP -- the females ARE supposed to have a white head spot. This is really confusing to beginners who aren't familiar with Cream Legbars..or haven't bothered to read the UK standard..... the female has a neat sliver inside her definite V on the forehead. the male has what I call a bigger splotch -- and the chipmunk stripes are more diffused and the V on the head -- not definite like the female -- Real Cream Legbar specific advanced autosexing -- but I did see one example where a female was being mis-identified because the folks involved didn't realize that females can have a touch of white .....
Good description.
I was thinking about using a CL male to a silkie female. I would love small blue eggs as well. The neighbor has a frizzle who lays an drab olive egg. It is very small and cute.
