Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

[gotro17]

These are the CL with Marans over them?

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

Cream Legbar hens covered by a French Black-Copper Marans rooster produces sex-linked olive eggers and these are the pullets which are colored basically like a Black-Copper Marans except the feathering on the feet and the copper on the neck is reduced. The cockerels have the white head spot at hatch and feather out barred like a Plymouth Barred Rock.

 

[hyzenthlay]

Hi guys,

I have a hatchery Olive Egger that is a Cream Legbar x Welsummer. She is supposed to be a sexed puller but the dark feathers coming in near the breast are concerning me that she may be a boy. I know for pure welsummers, those black feathers would be an indication for a roo--is the same true for the hybrid? Anyone know? The pics below are at 1 week and 3 weeks.

 

[Junibutt]

I crossed a Mauve Orpington Roo with a Legbar hen to get sex-linked chicks.
According to the chicken calculator, all solid chocs and mauve were supposed to be pullets and all black and blue cuckoo boys.

So I got couple of chocs (great) and 1 blue and 1 black chick with really faint head-spots. I marked them as boys and their combs are growing like boys, but I am missing the barring. I am wondering what could have suppressed it? Here are the pics:





Supposedly blue cuckoo is in the middle at day old.





Above 2 pics show the black and blue boys at 2 weeks old. I see no evidence of barring on the wing feathers (unless I am not looking close enough)

 

[Finnie]

I crossed a Mauve Orpington Roo with a Legbar hen to get sex-linked chicks. According to the chicken calculator, all solid chocs and mauve were supposed to be pullets and all black and blue cuckoo boys. So I got couple of chocs (great) and 1 blue and 1 black chick with really faint head-spots. I marked them as boys and their combs are growing like boys, but I am missing the barring. I am wondering what could have suppressed it? Here are the pics: Supposedly blue cuckoo is in the middle at day old. Above 2 pics show the black and blue boys at 2 weeks old. I see no evidence of barring on the wing feathers (unless I am not looking close enough)

Just wait. They don't have enough/the right set of feathers yet. They will get there.

 

[sunshinechic]

Question.... I heard that a CL Rooster over Light Sussex or SLW hens (or any Silver Gene hens) will give you red sex link chicks? But would it really work with the CL being Barred?

 

[Junibutt]

Just wait. They don't have enough/the right set of feathers yet. They will get there.

fingers crossed. I am just interested in the blue cuckoo. He also is looking big thanks to the orpington in it. Interestingly enough these hybrids are bigger than the pure orpingtons I hatched along with them.

 

[chicken pickin]

Question.... I heard that a CL Rooster over Light Sussex or SLW hens (or any Silver Gene hens) will give you red sex link chicks? But would it really work with the CL being Barred?

Yes this really works. The combination of the red based male crossed to a silver based hen will give you Red Sexlinks. The barring in this cross plays no part in sexing since the male will pass a barring gene to every chick.

Chicks in this type of cross will be male chicks that have a more yellowy/silver appearance and female chicks will have a more reddish brown appearance. I have pictures of chicks that are CL male X SLW female also CL male X SLC hen on this thread on the first page for referance.

 

[sunshinechic]

Yes this really works. The combination of the red based male crossed to a silver based hen will give you Red Sexlinks. The barring in this cross plays no part in sexing since the male will pass a barring gene to every chick.

Chicks in this type of cross will be male chicks that have a more yellowy/silver appearance and female chicks will have a more reddish brown appearance. I have pictures of chicks that are CL male X SLW female also CL male X SLC hen on this thread on the first page for referance.

 

[sunshinechic]

Thanks so much, yes I'd love to see the chicks. I will try and find your earlier post. Do you happen to have photos of what they look like mature? Thanks for your help. I excited to try this cross