Pure White Ameraucana/Legbar Hybrid.

[RumAndCoconuts]

I would love to pick the brains of genetic pros out there.

I have a CCL hen in with a Lavender Cuckoo Ameraucana roo and I've had quite a few offspring from this match.
This spring I ended up with two that are pure white.One Pullet and one Cockerel.
So, they both carry double blue egg genes,
They both have muffs and they are both Crested...

Questions:, would these traits be repeated in their offspring if I were to breed the pair?
Would it have been an inhibitor that caused the white? or a recessive gene?
Because these are not PB, would they likely be a better producer of eggs?

I'm intrigued with these. Here's a couple of snaps.

 

[donrae]

 

[jerryse]

Both parents carried 1 copy of recessive white . CCL throw white sports and there are some lavender Ameraucana that produce some whites .So yes they will breed true for white . The crest and beard will vary as they only have 1 copy of each of those genes .

 

[tao chick]

I would love to pick the brains of genetic pros out there. I have a CCL hen in with a Lavender Cuckoo Ameraucana roo and I've had quite a few offspring from this match. This spring I ended up with two that are pure white.One Pullet and one Cockerel. So, they both carry double blue egg genes, They both have muffs and they are both Crested... Questions:, would these traits be repeated in their offspring if I were to breed the pair? Would it have been an inhibitor that caused the white? or a recessive gene? Because these are not PB, would they likely be a better producer of eggs? I'm intrigued with these. Here's a couple of snaps.

LOVE!

 

[RumAndCoconuts]

Both parents carried 1 copy of recessive white . CCL throw white sports and there are some lavender Ameraucana that produce some whites .So yes they will breed true for white . The crest and beard will vary as they only have 1 copy of each of those genes .

Thanks Jerry. I guess had I thought it through a little better I'd have come up with that about the crest and the beard. I think I might see what I can do with these. See how they lay, how early they start etc.

 

[jerryse]

Thanks Jerry. I guess had I thought it through a little better I'd have come up with that about the crest and the beard. I think I might see what I can do with these. See how they lay, how early they start etc.

Being a mix they should lay well . In Ameraucana my favorite way to increase egg laying is to mix it up a little . White is a easy color to do this with . I can stay within the breed and increase egg production . Other colors are harder to find compatible colors . The black based verities are fairly easy as there are BBS , lavender and the cuckoo projects . It is a balancing act to produce show quality and production .

 

[RumAndCoconuts]

Well I shall keep you posted.
Thanks for the input!