Cream Legbars

[Pyxis]

I believe the universe is telling me I should be working with this breed, I swear. First out of 24 shipped eggs, 24 start. Only one quits, and 23 go to lockdown. So far, out of the first batch, I've hatched two cockerels, eight pullets, and one sport. There's one egg that hasn't internally or externally pipped and may have been a very late quitter, but it had a terribly positioned air cell so it's lucky it went at all. Still haven't given up on it because it's not actually due until tomorrow. Then the next batch is due Thursday, and a bunch of them are already internally pipped. Just can't believe the luck with the pullet to cockerel ratio so far. Does anyone know anything about the sports? What do they look like when they're adults? I assume you don't want to use them for breeding, which is fine, this little one will just go into my egg laying flock.

 

[chicken pickin]

I believe the universe is telling me I should be working with this breed, I swear. First out of 24 shipped eggs, 24 start. Only one quits, and 23 go to lockdown. So far, out of the first batch, I've hatched two cockerels, eight pullets, and one sport. There's one egg that hasn't internally or externally pipped and may have been a very late quitter, but it had a terribly positioned air cell so it's lucky it went at all. Still haven't given up on it because it's not actually due until tomorrow. Then the next batch is due Thursday, and a bunch of them are already internally pipped. Just can't believe the luck with the pullet to cockerel ratio so far. Does anyone know anything about the sports? What do they look like when they're adults? I assume you don't want to use them for breeding, which is fine, this little one will just go into my egg laying flock.

Congrats on the great hatch!

Here is the link to the White Sport CL thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/827877/white-sport-cream-legbars

 

[ChicKat]

I believe the universe is telling me I should be working with this breed,

Three cheers for the Universe!

Congratulations on the great hatch. White sports are beautiful - my concern with them is their autosexing ability as generations go into the future.

 

[chambe94]

Question on Legbar cross sex-linking: I have chicks out of Legbar hens that are either by my black jersey giants or black Isbar roos.

Some of these chicks have distinct barring. These must be boys, right? Because the only way they could get a barring gene is if their mom gave them an X instead of an O.

Am I thinking correct here?

 

[chicken pickin]

Question on Legbar cross sex-linking: I have chicks out of Legbar hens that are either by my black jersey giants or black Isbar roos.

Some of these chicks have distinct barring. These must be boys, right? Because the only way they could get a barring gene is if their mom gave them an X instead of an O.

Am I thinking correct here?

Yes that is correct. The Legbar hens will pass the barring gene on to her sons only so all the chicks hatched with head spots are male and will have barring.

 

[chambe94]

The happy family

 

[moss farm]

Jake the baby roo

 

[BuffyBugSlayer]

The happy family

So cute! I love to see mamas with their chicks.

 

[dekel18042]

Yes that is correct. The Legbar hens will pass the barring gene on to her sons only so all the chicks hatched with head spots are male and will have barring.

Then will the reverse hold true too? If I have Jersey Giant hens and a legbar rooster will I get barred girls and dark solid boys? Can they be sexed as babies?
What about a legbar rooster with a black copper marans hen? Same story?

 

[chambe94]

I think no. Because the rooster has 2 X chromosomes ( which is where the barring gene lives). So if he is a purebred barred rooster, ALL of his babies will get a barring gene ( because they have to give an X to their babies, and all of their Xs are barred -they don't have any other options).