Lavender patterned Isabel duckwing barred - lavender brown cuckoo barred - project and genetic dis

[ChicKat]

I was given a Legbar Cross hen (don't know what with) along with 11 other EE and OE hens; the rooster is a Marans so some of the pullets are crossed with him. Anyway, the Legbar cross is laying a beautiful blue egg and I want more! LOL I'm full right now but in the Spring I'll be ready for chicks or even pullets as I sell off some.

Then your Legbar cross - must be crossed with a blue egg layer. If it came from Candace, perhaps there is a recessive lavender gene hiding there. ;o)

 

[admorris]

It didn’t come from Candace but I’m hoping to add some of hers to my flock.

 

[ChicKat]

It didn’t come from Candace but I’m hoping to add some of hers to my flock.

The chicks that I got from her were so healthy -- they could have opened the shipping box and set up housekeeping on their own (well nearly).

 

[admorris]

Lol I can’t wait to get some. We live about an hour from each other.

 

[ChicKat]

My niece sent me this article
https://insteading.com/blog/chickens-that-lay-blue-eggs/?ck_subscriber_id=609094710
If you look at it, you will see that they have an "Opal" -- as a blue-egg layer.

As I recall, only Candace had those, so I suspect that particular chicken traces back to her. How very cool is that? Also a side note the bird they are saying is a cream legbar (cockerel) -- looks about unrecognizable to me as a CL. Kind of sad what the breed as become IMO (of course that probably makes me a far outlier) since the breed first arrived in the USA in 2011 and became distributed out in 2012--so 6-years of selective breeding has done that to them.

If you don't want to click to the article, then here's the Opal photg.

Mine are similar in color and pattern but I've bred out the crests, because I didn't like want they did to the male's combs....there was never enough real estate on the chicken's head to have both a crest and a nice comb (very few at any rate)---I was pretty fortunate with my CLs because I kept crests SMALL while others were aiming for the look of the Polish breed. LOL.

Okay -- should I continue phase II of the project on this thread or start a new one for the on-gong future activity.

It's not like there a too few threads on BYC....but going forward won't be as much about the genetics of getting to the autosexing Lavender Patterned Isabel Duckwing-Barred (It's a mouth-full) as about trying to sustain and improve the variety. Any thoughts?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Whether you decide to start a new thread or continue on this one I will follow along on your progress.

 

[ChicKat]

Whether you decide to start a new thread or continue on this one I will follow along on your progress.

Thank you. I feel like a have a chicken-loving friend in NJ.

 

[The Moonshiner]

You have chicken loving friends all over.

How's the weather down there? We've already had snow on the ground up here.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Thank you. I feel like a have a chicken-loving friend in NJ.

You definitely have a chicken loving friend in NJ!

 

[ChicKat]

You have chicken loving friends all over.

How's the weather down there? We've already had snow on the ground up here.

It's actually beautiful here. 75 and sunny. Had ice on the bird-bath one day and it killed some tender vines by my tomato plant is still hanging in there. You've had snow. OMG -- You are made of tougher stuff then I am.