leghorn///ee for larger eggs

[Their Other Mother]

I think Leghorn Dude is doing that. I just hatched some eggs from him and I think he said that was the cross. Some where white eggs and some green. I'll pm him and ask him to check out this thead.

 

[Kev]

chicken stalker ;p :

My roo I think hatched out of a very blue egg so it would be a good way to determine if carries the blue gene or the blue over brown( aka green) gene. Am I right in my logic?

That's often said.. but the blue egg gene is dominant, which means both birds pure and not pure for this gene can and do lay blue eggs.

It's a reasonable guess however, what if his mother was not pure for the blue egg gene, then there is at least a 50% chance he did not get it. The chance gets lower if the father also had the blue egg gene though- 25% chance of not having the gene if both parents had it but not pure.

In fewer words, reasonable yes but not foolproof.

 

[Kev]

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Hm interesting question. I have no idea if V comb is a modification of single comb(probably) or another comb type or what. If it's a modification of single comb, the same problem of pea being linked to O(that's the blue egg gene) will exist. Be interesting to see what a pea combed V comb looks like eh..

 

[Kev]

One more thing about crosses with leghorns. Pea comb is dominant however it can look very different from typical pea comb in crosses. Leghorns often have very large combs.. this combined with pea comb results in birds with very strange combs that look like a chewed gum spat out. Floppy too.. and if large, can obscure vision in one eye due to the comb covering it.

 

[chickenbuddy0]

right KEV, I remember that the leghorn/EE mixed hen that I had had a large floppy "piece of gum" as you put it. The mix of leghorn and pea made her comb flop to the side a bit. Boy, I wish I had gotten all of his birds at his passing but I was away at college. I sure do miss that old guy. He was a real neet man and helped my brother and myself out a lot with our poultry.