EE + Leghorn = ?

[Kessel23]

What will happen if I let my EE cockerel breed with my white leghorns and brown leghorns? Will the resulting bird lay white eggs like the leghorns or will they lay eggs of a different color? What will the resulting chicks look like? Has anyone bred these two together before? Can you show some pictures of your leghorn x EE birds?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

They may lay blue or they may lay white, it depends on the genes your rooster is carrying to pass on. Only test hatches raised to the point of lay will tell you what genetics this specific rooster is carrying

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

White legotms are dominant white so those chicks will be mostly white with some breakthrough depending on what the rooster color genetics are. If you post a photo of him that will help.

 

[Kessel23]

White legotms are dominant white so those chicks will be mostly white with some breakthrough depending on what the rooster color genetics are. If you post a photo of him that will help.

I will try to get a photo, it will take a few minutes because he is out in the coop. Thanks for the quick response, I am planning to hatch out these hybrids for the Easter hatch event and wanted to know what would happen.

 

[Kessel23]

Here he is.

 

[keesmom]

They may lay blue or they may lay white, it depends on the genes your rooster is carrying to pass on. Only test hatches raised to the point of lay will tell you what genetics this specific rooster is carrying

Light brown is also a possibility, depending on the male's genetics...

 

[sóley]

I once had a EE/white leghorn rooster, I first didn't know much about EE and just saw this white beautiful rooster and picked him for my flock
then when he got older he stared attacking me and I asked another EE breeder if I could get a new rooster from her because I needed a new blood in my flock as well (because I found out the EE/leghorn where my hens brother (had same EE mother))

so I asked the other breeder to get new rooster from her because mine was attacking me and she for some reason asked me for a picture of him so I send her this picture and she was like yeah that's not a purbreed EE rooster, this is probably a EE/white leghorn, it's really offten happen that that woman that sold me the EE/white leghorn rooster mix breeds and sell them as purbreed, so I contacted the woman and asked her if she sold me a mixed rooster, and told her to be honest and I would be angry at all, she admitted that she sold me a EE/white leghorn rooster.
now when I look at pictures of EE rooster I can see that he looks totally different from those other roosters so now next I go pick a rooster I will know how he's supposed to look like

I put the EE/white leghorn rooster down few weeks ago because he just got worse and worse attacking me, I would be scared to even come get the eggs so I decided it was time to but him down.

the other breeder is going to give me a purbreed easter egger rooster and some hens this Sumer and I'm really exited for that

 

[lazy gardener]

The EE x Leghorn may lay blue or cream colored eggs (If I have my facts straight)

 

[sóley]

you could get a blue or green laying hens, or you could get brown laying hens or white laying hens, it all depends on what your rooster gives
but I think this is probably really cool mix to own, I have only owned that mixed rooster I think, because my hens all look like a Easter egger not a leghorn, but he looked like a leghorn.
even tho he was not a kid rooster he was pretty beautiful and if you cross these to breeds together you don't have to get a bird that was like mine, I was just weary unlucky

 

[Amer]

Here he is.

Very red. So pretty. It reminds me of my Buckeyes and Ameraucanas all put together.