donrae
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Put him over your barred Rock hens and you'll have sex linked green eggersI'm thinking about hatching some eggs with him and my ISA Browns.
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Put him over your barred Rock hens and you'll have sex linked green eggersI'm thinking about hatching some eggs with him and my ISA Browns.
Put him over your barred Rock hens and you'll have sex linked green eggers
Both males and females will be black, but the males will have a white spot on the back of their heads.I could do both! What would coloring be for both make and female with the barred cross?
Nope. With the way the barring gene works is that the hens can only pass their barring gene to their male offspring. A barred rooster, on the other hand, can pass their barring genes to both their male and female chicks. This is why purebred Barred Rock males look different (lighter) than the hens. Males have two copies of the gene, one from each parent. A hen can only ever have one barring gene, and it comes from the rooster.Would one get the same results if there where EE hens with a Barred Rock rooster?
I the rooster is pure (2 barring genes), than all the chicks will get one barring gene. Both male and female chicks will have darker barring like the purebred hens.Thank you junebuggena. This cross is one of 2 ways I am possibly thinking on trying in the Spring. Now I know what color the eggs will be. On another note I wonder what the chicks would look like if you crossed Black Jersey Giants hens with a Barred Rock rooster? Would all offspring be barred?