Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

[GaryDean26]

Your hen looks like a Cream Legbar. I would expect a Wellsumer cross to have more red on the earlobes, a smaller crest, more red in her plumage, and white legs. If she isn't laying blue eggs there was a cross something in her history though. It could have been two generations back (or more).

As far as the sex-linked barring goes, if you use a barred hen, like the suspected legbar x welsummer shown, and a not barred cockerel like your australorp or wyandott then all the male chickes will get the barring from the hen who passes the male chromosome that carries the sex-linked barring and all the pullets will be non-barred having recieved the female chromosome that doen't carry any of the sex-linked genes in chickens.

The Silver Laced Wyandott is the fatter of your chicks. If the Autralop were the father you would have all black chicks (with small white dots on the heads of the males).

Yes, the 5.5 week old looks like a cockerel. In the chick photo he is a lighter body color than the one of the left. The barring gene doesn't dilute the back chick down, but it does dilute the red pigment that makes the red/brown colors in chickens. He looks like a cockerel.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Your hen looks like a Cream Legbar. I would expect a Wellsumer cross to have more red on the earlobes, a smaller crest, more red in her plumage, and white legs. If she isn't laying blue eggs there was a cross something in her history though. It could have been two generations back (or more).

As far as the sex-linked barring goes, if you use a barred hen, like the suspected legbar x welsummer shown, and a not barred cockerel like your australorp or wyandott then all the male chickes will get the barring from the hen who passes the male chromosome that carries the sex-linked barring and all the pullets will be non-barred having recieved the female chromosome that doen't carry any of the sex-linked genes in chickens.

The Silver Laced Wyandott is the fatter of your chicks. If the Autralop were the father you would have all black chicks (with small white dots on the heads of the males).

Yes, the 5.5 week old looks like a cockerel. In the chick photo he is a lighter body color than the one of the left. The barring gene doesn't dilute the back chick down, but it does dilute the red pigment that makes the red/brown colors in chickens. He looks like a cockerel.

Why would you expect a legbar/welsummer cross to have white legs? Both breeds have yellow shanks.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Olive-E-yeah ....Olivier

 

[2theDogz]

Olive-E-yeah ....Olivier
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I think this little guy is going to have much the same coloring. He's from My Olive Egger hen by EE Roo - judging by the pea comb.

 

[2theDogz]

Your hen looks like a Cream Legbar. I would expect a Wellsumer cross to have more red on the earlobes, a smaller crest, more red in her plumage, and white legs. If she isn't laying blue eggs there was a cross something in her history though. It could have been two generations back (or more).

As far as the sex-linked barring goes, if you use a barred hen, like the suspected legbar x welsummer shown, and a not barred cockerel like your australorp or wyandott then all the male chickes will get the barring from the hen who passes the male chromosome that carries the sex-linked barring and all the pullets will be non-barred having recieved the female chromosome that doen't carry any of the sex-linked genes in chickens.

The Silver Laced Wyandott is the fatter of your chicks. If the Autralop were the father you would have all black chicks (with small white dots on the heads of the males).

Yes, the 5.5 week old looks like a cockerel. In the chick photo he is a lighter body color than the one of the left. The barring gene doesn't dilute the back chick down, but it does dilute the red pigment that makes the red/brown colors in chickens. He looks like a cockerel.

Thank you. I appreciate the explanation of the barring genetics. She does look just like a cream legbar so I was surprised by the egg color.
Why do you think the SLW Roo is father? The cockerel in question appears to be developing a pea comb, as do two others (one for sure, see above pic), so I'm thinking the EE is dad of all 3. I do agree the Australorp is not the father of any. I'm now seeing some new hatchlings that are predominantly black so clearly his. However they don't have a spot on the head...not even full Australorps have that. Maybe you're thinking of another breed?
I'll get some new pics of the cockerels tomorrow. Looks like all 3 are barred.so this has been a good learning experience. Wondering if there's a way to tell earlier though, since the barring didn't appear until about 4-5 wks.

 

[2theDogz]

Your hen looks like a Cream Legbar. I would expect a Wellsumer cross to have more red on the earlobes, a smaller crest, more red in her plumage, and white legs. If she isn't laying blue eggs there was a cross something in her history though. It could have been two generations back (or more).

As far as the sex-linked barring goes, if you use a barred hen, like the suspected legbar x welsummer shown, and a not barred cockerel like your australorp or wyandott then all the male chickes will get the barring from the hen who passes the male chromosome that carries the sex-linked barring and all the pullets will be non-barred having recieved the female chromosome that doen't carry any of the sex-linked genes in chickens.

The Silver Laced Wyandott is the fatter of your chicks. If the Autralop were the father you would have all black chicks (with small white dots on the heads of the males).

Yes, the 5.5 week old looks like a cockerel. In the chick photo he is a lighter body color than the one of the left. The barring gene doesn't dilute the back chick down, but it does dilute the red pigment that makes the red/brown colors in chickens. He looks like a cockerel.

So here are updated pictures of the 3 cockerels from this hatch. The first is the original one I asked about. The other two are from a different CL cross hen. All appear to have barring, & pea combs. This would mean dad of all 3 is the EE, correct?

 

[CoconutCoffee]

Dad is an EE and mama was a cream legbar. I only know that because she was my sole single comb at the time.

 

[2theDogz]

Dad is an EE and mama was a cream legbar. I only know that because she was my sole single comb at the time.

He's gorgeous!

 

[CoconutCoffee]

He's gorgeous!

He definitely is. He has this Fabio thing going on

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

So here are updated pictures of the 3 cockerels from this hatch. The first is the original one I asked about. The other two are from a different CL cross hen. All appear to have barring, & pea combs. This would mean dad of all 3 is the EE, correct?
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Yes, the father of the chicks with pea combs is the EE. A wyandotte would produce chicks with rose combs. And I agree that your hen could be a welsummer x legbar, though not a first generation cross (she could be a legbar/welsummer x legbar/welsummer, for instance).