Lemon/Cream gene

[E flowers]

Do silver Wyandotte's crossed with crested cream legbar's make chicks with the lemon/cream gene?

 

[Amer]

It depends on if the silver laced Wyandottes have the cream gene. The cream gene is recessive so if if the silver laced Wyandottes don't have it, the offspring will only carry it. If both parents have the gene, the offspring will express it. Also, it depends on which bird is the father and which is the mother.
If the Wyandotte is the sire, female chicks will be silver and males will be heterozygous for silver and gold. If they do have the cream gene they will be basically silver as well.
If the Legbar is the sire, daughters will be gold or cream and sons will be heterozygous for silver and gold. Again if they have the cream gene they will appear basically silver.

 

[E flowers]

It depends on if the silver laced Wyandottes have the cream gene. The cream gene is recessive so if if the silver laced Wyandottes don't have it, the offspring will only carry it. If both parents have the gene, the offspring will express it. Also, it depends on which bird is the father and which is the mother.
If the Wyandotte is the sire, female chicks will be silver and males will be heterozygous for silver and gold. If they do have the cream gene they will be basically silver as well.
If the Legbar is the sire, daughters will be gold or cream and sons will be heterozygous for silver and gold. Again if they have the cream gene they will appear basically silver.

I talked with NatJ a while back and they said that cream legbars should have the (Ig+ Ig+ lemon/cream gene). Is it safe to say that CCL that have more of that straw color in their neck feathers would have that gene?

They also mentioned that I'd need the (Di+ Di+ dilute gene). I read that Buff breeds have that gene. Could I cross white laced buff with birds bred to have solid lemon coloring?

Could I even get solid lemon coloring?

The goal would be white laced lemon birds.

 

[Amer]

I talked with NatJ a while back and they said that cream legbars should have the (Ig+ Ig+ lemon/cream gene). Is it safe to say that CCL that have more of that straw color in their neck feathers would have that gene?

They also mentioned that I'd need the (Di+ Di+ dilute gene). I read that Buff breeds have that gene. Could I cross white laced buff with birds bred to have solid lemon coloring?

Could I even get solid lemon coloring?

The goal would be white laced lemon birds.

Cream Legbars have the ig/ig gene not Ig+/Ig+ (non cream). (+ Indicates wildtype.) Legbars with this gene will be straw to very pale, almost silver but not quite.
Dilute is not Di+, it's Di. The dilute gene is not part of cream. So actually they would be di+ (nondilute.)

White laced buff do not have dilute, the word buff is being used incorrectly in the name for this variety, they really should be called white laced gold.
But to get white laced lemon you would cross white laced buff birds with black laced lemon laced, then breed back to the black laced lemon parent.

 

[E flowers]

Cream Legbars have the ig/ig gene not Ig+/Ig+ (non cream). (+ Indicates wildtype.) Legbars with this gene will be straw to very pale, almost silver but not quite.
Dilute is not Di+, it's Di. The dilute gene is not part of cream. So actually they would be di+ (nondilute.)

White laced buff do not have dilute, the word buff is being used incorrectly in the name for this variety, they really should be called white laced gold.
But to get white laced lemon you would cross white laced buff birds with black laced lemon laced, then breed back to the black laced lemon parent.

So if I bought lemon seabrights and Buff laced polish bred them and bred the offspring back to the seabrights I'd get white laced lemon?

 

[Amer]

So if I bought lemon seabrights and Buff laced polish bred them and bred the offspring back to the seabrights I'd get white laced lemon?

Yep!