Golden Comet question

[nhnanna]

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I didn't think they did but wasn't sure. So when I breed these males and females together, what will I end up with? I had comet hens before but never bred them.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

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I didn't think they did but wasn't sure. So when I breed these males and females together, what will I end up with? I had comet hens before but never bred them.

I wouldn't have the slightest idea. I'd imagine you "could" get red or white offspring, but it depends on what type of white the parents had and what it could be hiding (and that's another story).

 

[Byrdj]

I thought white legorns x RIR would create all white chicks since white Leghorns are dominant white.

 

[KattyKillFish]

golden comets lay like MAD CRAZY! my mom loves them along with the black stars. they are hybrids for laying, some people prefer pure-bred chickens, but any sex-links are great layers.

 

[Old Rando]

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If a female white leghorn is used in this mating then it MUST be recessive white and silver. Most production leghorns in the USA are dominant white and using dominant white leghorns will give white chicks which can't be sexed at hatch by color.

 

[Byrdj]

Thanks Old Rando. I think it would be hard to find a white Leghorn that wasn't dominant white.