Redhorns, just hatched 37 of them

[stevin]

was talking to an ol'timer about chicken breeds and i had mentioned that my RIR rooster loves my White Leghorns and i mean LOVES the leghorns. so i mentioned that i was thinking of hatching some of the eggs to work out any bugs with incubator, this will be my first hatch. He then refers to them as "Redhorns" and that those were some of his favorite egglayers that he's had for the past 30 yrs.... Is this a known name for this particular mix? or just a nickname that he possibly came up with? i've done a search and found nada...

 

[Illia]

It is just a nickname he came up with for that cross.

 

[stevin]

thats what i thought....
now would these "Redhorns" lay brown or white eggs?

 

[danhonour]

Redhorns is a name that has been given to the cross R.I.RED/White Leghorn ,just like Minhorns or Legorcas for the Black Minorca/White Leghorn cross.Some of the old hatcheries sold these crosses and they were popular good layers. The Red x Leghorn cross was usually mostly white with some red leakage,intermediate in size between the two and good layers of very light brown eggs or tinted eggs.Sometimes the New Hampshire was crossed with White Leghorns. The Legorca layed big solid white eggs.

 

[phasianidae]

they would look similar to this, only his mother is a California White:

 

[sourland]

As a kid (long, long time ago) I raised a bunch of chicks from a RIR/leghorn X. Hard as I try I can't remember what the cockerels looked like. Very possibly they were white with red leakage? The pullets were primarily white with some black flecking, body type between RIR and leghorn, and they were outstanding layers.

 

[stevin]

as i mentioned in a earlier post that i was thinking of hatching some, this weekend 37 out of 39 hatched. majority of the chicks are a pale yellow with black spots. there are a couple that have no spots and 3 that are more reddish almost like a rir chick. i will post pics.......