Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

[SteveH]

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Are you saying you're sorry you culled them? I was very disappointed in the carcass of my best WLRC male at 6 months; only marginally more meat than a same age EE. The drums on both, however, were longer than CX, the meat darker colored, and had much more flavor.

 

[SteveH]

I sold all of my DC X WLRC crosses except 2 [along with a dark male from Big Medicine], to kfacres last night. I kept the youngest chick, a male I think, which will be 10 weeks old tomorrow.

Its the only one with a few dark feathers, on the back of its neck, from its DC sire I suppose.

 

[kfacres]

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shhh... Steve... You weren't supposed to tell... I was planning the sneak attack!!

Well, now that the word is out, I'm sure excited to have birds like the ones I purchased from Steve, sure wish I would have been more successful at talking him out of more

... Did get a real nice pair of SQ black Ameraucanas as well from him.

Boy, I'm excited about these birds, and honestly, don't plan to let a single egg go without being in the incubator, or under a broody next year... Wonder what colors I will get, will have to wait and see!!!! As of right now, it'll be a Blue 'Laced'/ Recessive white cock over WLR/ Dark hens... I also can't wait to get them on our other hens for my meat bird trial/ error run... I think something like a 3/4 cornish could be a pleasing bird to consume at the table...

I've got my feelers out still searching for more additions to build upon, so I can remain a 'closed flock' and have plenty of insurance in case something stupid happens, think I have a trio of dark bantams found to bring onto the scene, and have made some really great contacts...

 

[eatmorechicken]

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[SteveH]

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CX are dominate white, and chicks will bleed black, red even worse, from crosses. If the chick has a single comb, the hen was not pure for pea; but what looks like a single comb on the chick may grow into a big, sloppy pea comb.
You have some very unusual crosses........................ I'll be watching to see how they grow out.

 

[SteveH]

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shhh... Steve... You weren't supposed to tell... I was planning the sneak attack!!

Well, now that the word is out, I'm sure excited to have birds like the ones I purchased from Steve, sure wish I would have been more successful at talking him out of more

... Did get a real nice pair of SQ black Ameraucanas as well from him.

Boy, I'm excited about these birds, and honestly, don't plan to let a single egg go without being in the incubator, or under a broody next year... Wonder what colors I will get, will have to wait and see!!!! As of right now, it'll be a Blue 'Laced'/ Recessive white cock over WLR/ Dark hens... I also can't wait to get them on our other hens for my meat bird trial/ error run... I think something like a 3/4 cornish could be a pleasing bird to consume at the table...

I've got my feelers out still searching for more additions to build upon, so I can remain a 'closed flock' and have plenty of insurance in case something stupid happens, think I have a trio of dark bantams found to bring onto the scene, and have made some really great contacts...

Best wishes with all of them.
I hope I didn't mislead you. The dark chick is an F2; its F1 parents are split for recessive white, it might be. You have quite a wide range of colors possible in the next and consequent generations, with even a wide range of patterns. Hopefully they will fire up and be laying this winter.

 

[Illia]

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Always love your birds Al! Wish I could get stock like that. . . .

 

[kfacres]

you are right steve, the odds are 50% he's a carrier, cuz the 25% being white didn't happen...

 

[AquaEyes]

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Actually, the odds are 2 out of 3 that "he's a carrier" if he's the offspring of two heterozygous parents.

 

[kfacres]

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Actually, the odds are 2 out of 3 that "he's a carrier" if he's the offspring of two heterozygous parents.

How do you figure???

Hh x Hh = (according to punnet squares) 25% HH, 50% Hh, 25% hh

How do you get 1/3 of a mating?

Now keep in mind, I'm not up to par on my chicken colors and combinations.. but according to basic genetic principles, my punnet squares make sense...