That's my favorite cross. Gorgeous! I call them Easter Leggers.Hi, I very much intended on hatching only CCL eggs (I have 2 CCL roosters, 30 hens of various breeds, 5 are CCL's), however, I absolutely could not tell some of my Easter Egger eggs from the CCL's and inadvertantly hatched out 2 crosses, which I call Easter bars. They are 4.5 months old and I think they are pretty, plus I like their personality. They autosexed perfectly, and looked exactly like a CCL pullet the day they hatched, but over a short span of time, I noticed the beards....and knew I had hybrids.
Depends if they're pullets or cockerels. ;-)
(Sorry, couldn't resist.)
p.s. yes, the pullets will lay green eggs
It almost sounds like it if you are seeing that demarcation in your chicks -- although without barring - in both the hen and cock-bird - the chicks wouldn't be -autosexing. Keep us updated when you know for certain. ETA - I thought that they could be sex-linked - but that would take gold-based male with silver-based female.
Quote: Ok, I'm going to try to get some pics later. They are all mixed in with the rest of the chicks so I'll have to try to dig them out. I do not see white spots on any of their heads, but then again with a Turken there isn't a lot of feathers on there to work with.
The Turken's lack of feathers is a cute thought...but definitely the splotches on the heads of the males requires two sets of the Barring gene from what I know. looking forward to picts.Ok, I'm going to try to get some pics later. They are all mixed in with the rest of the chicks so I'll have to try to dig them out. I do not see white spots on any of their heads, but then again with a Turken there isn't a lot of feathers on there to work with.
Depends if they're pullets or cockerels. ;-)
(Sorry, couldn't resist.)
p.s. yes, the pullets will lay green eggs
