Cream Legbars.

[Chickem707]

I have two cream legbar pullets, and was wondering if anyone knows what would happen if i crossed them with a cream legbar roo. I doubt they would be autosexing, but would they still be called cream legbars? Any pictures or information is great!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I have two cream legbar pullets, and was wondering if anyone knows what would happen if i crossed them with a cream legbar roo. I doubt they would be autosexing, but would they still be called cream legbars? Any pictures or information is great!

Am I missing something?
A breed crossed to the SAME breed SHOULD be the same breed.

They should be auto sexing... as far as I know. Though some lines have not maintained their clear auto sexing traits very well. So may be harder to tell.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

You would not be "crossing" them...ccl are a breed, not a hybrid or cross. They breed true so you would yield more ccl and, yes, they would be autosexing.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Your confusion may stem from the breed origin which was the result of crossings.....that is many, many generations back, though, and the breed has been a true breeding breed for quite some time.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

You would not be "crossing" them...ccl are a breed, not a hybrid or cross. They breed true so you would yield more ccl and, yes, they would be autosexing.

That must have been the part of the question I wasn't catching.

Yes I agree with what has been posted... that CCL are a breed that breeds true with auto sexing traits and not a hybrid (cross breed) as the sex links are that many are familiar with...

Auto sexing will breed true.

Sex links will not breed true.

Yay for you!

 

[Chickem707]

Ok, thank you very much!

 

[Chickem707]

Also, if you don’t mind me asking does anyone know what the difference between sex link and autosexing is?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Also, if you don’t mind me asking does anyone know what the difference between sex link and autosexing is?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

The simplified explanation would be that sex linking is manipulating characteristics that can be genetically inherited when crossing 2 different breedskie a Rhode 8sland red rooster to a barred rock hen, result black sex links) resulting in offspring that inherit parent all characteristics that allow for gender differentiations based on those characteristics.
Auto sexing is when a breed, such as the CCL, have gender differentiated characteristics that are maintained when breeding a male of that breed to a female of that breed.

 

[Chickem707]

Ohh that makes a bit more sense, thanks!