My Longhorn Roo

[dkkirby]

I have one leghorn roo. No matter the color of my hens, all of our chicks are white. Will all of my chicks be white because he is a white longhorn? Also...if a chicken is not seminated..will all of her eggs be the same shape vs long for a boy and round for a girl?

 

[sourland]

I'm guessing you have a white leghorn rooster not a longhorn. If egg shape could be used to identify the gender of chicks, hatcheries would not hatch and destroy so many cockerel chicks.

 

[dkkirby]

I have one longhorn roo. No matter the color of my hens, all of our chicks are white. Will all of my chicks be white because he is a white longhorn? Also...if a chicken is not seminated..will all of her eggs be the same shape vs long for a boy and round for a girl?

I meant leghorn my question about the chicks is not about hatcheries. I was just wondering about unseminated egg shapes...seeing as how store bought eggs all seem the same shape.

 

[BroodyCluck]

I have one leghorn roo. No matter the color of my hens, all of our chicks are white. Will all of my chicks be white because he is a white longhorn? Also...if a chicken is not seminated..will all of her eggs be the same shape vs long for a boy and round for a girl?

I don't know either when they say that "long boy round girl" egg coming from same chicken or not. I hope I'm not off topic. This may not answer your question. But since you mentioned "long for boy and round for girl" I did read that somewhere too. However, when I read that, I already had 2 long pointed light green eggs in the incubator It was still early and I thought of removing them right then because I really don't want Roos. Anyhow I decided against it and left it. Then one didnt hatch and
the other did and it is a pullet. Then incase it was sex linked, I put 2 more in the next incubator load after those hatched, they were hens too. So the long pointed egg theory being male did not hold up. That certain hen that lays the long pointed egg is a mixed breed but her father is Americana & I don't know who her mother is. She always lays an extra long narrow pointed very pail green egg. So 3 hatched from those eggs were female. She is the only chicken I have that lays that egg and always the same. I was disappointed to see the past several days, she is not laying. Was planning to save up her eggs for the next incubator hatching thinking she would possibly be giving hens.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I meant leghorn my question about the chicks is not about hatcheries. I was just wondering about unseminated egg shapes...seeing as how store bought eggs all seem the same shape.

Egg shape is personal to each hen. Generally certain breeds lay certain shapes of eggs. Those produced for stores are generally all the same breeds, than eggs are sorted by size so they tend to be more uniform.

Egg shape does not denote sex of the offspring.

I believe white as a color is dominant. Crossing the offspring should bring out other colors, but I'm not positive.