Help me solve the Mystery behind this OE's parents... PLEASE

[A1momof3]

Well most only do first generation crosses . However you can continue on . If you do first generation to first generation the genes will segregate into predictable groups . Short story is you would get blues , greens and browns . Chose the color you like and continue on . You can breed back to blue and only get blues and greens . Breed back to brown and you get browns and greens . For auto sexing You need barred hens and a rooster with 2 barring genes . Then depending on the chick color you have auto sexing or sex by head spot size like barred Rocks . There was a oliver egger chart on another thread . I will see if I can copy and paste .

Yes a chart.... I love charts!! LOL I do understand what you are saying though.

 

[A1momof3]

YES!! I saved that baby!!! LOL Thank you. Ok now to get a Rhodebar and a pure Ameraucana buff or Wheaton.

 

[jerryse]

Have fun .

 

[A1momof3]

Ok so I got my reply and it didn't really help.

This was a capitalized project. They came direct from Greenfire Farms and lay the light olive/green colored egg.
I selected for that egg color and bred them together only keeping chicks that kept the autosexing traits

So I guess I will just have to play with it all and see what I come up with. I Still which I knew how the autosexing came about with this chicken.

 

[jerryse]

I have been hearing of some olive egg laying Rhodebar . I figured that was too rare to consider for a guess .



To get auto sexing into your project just breed the first generation together . All first generation males will have 1 barring gene . The second generation will have some males with 2 barring genes . They should be lighter colored as chicks and adults due to the dosage effect of barring making them lighter. That will be auto sexing . Breed one of those to your red barred hens and your third should be auto sexing . Continue to select for ease of sexing . Buff and wheaten chick down is yellow and a poor background for auto sexing . So you will need to select away from that in future generations .

 

[A1momof3]

I have been hearing of some olive egg laying Rhodebar . I figured that was too rare to consider for a guess .



To get auto sexing into your project just breed the first generation together . All first generation males will have 1 barring gene . The second generation will have some males with 2 barring genes . They should be lighter colored as chicks and adults due to the dosage effect of barring making them lighter. That will be auto sexing . Breed one of those to your red barred hens and your third should be auto sexing . Continue to select for ease of sexing . Buff and wheaten chick down is yellow and a poor background for auto sexing . So you will need to select away from that in future generations .

 

[donrae]

Sounds like she was one of the bad Rhodebars Greenfire brought in that laid green eggs. I doubt she was technically an Olive Egger as in a cross of blue and dark brown. Those birds really upset a lot of folks who were supposed to be getting pure Rhodebars. You might look around on the Rhodebar threads and see if anyone still has those birds. It would save you the time and effort of recreating them.