RIR and White Leghorn Cross

[sangel4you]

Anyone ever get more pics of this cross? I have 15 eggs that are RIR roo and WL hen cross in my bator now and all 15 have veining (busy big roo!)

 

[Tala]

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I have the same cross, but I've never hatched any out. I am curious what they would look like!

 

[wjallen05]

Anyone ever get more pics of this cross? I have 15 eggs that are RIR roo and WL hen cross in my bator now and all 15 have veining (busy big roo!)

I love this cross!! I have several. I have sold a lot of them and gave away almost all the boys, but I have about 7 left. I was wondering wether they'd lay brown or white eggs (anyone know?), well, half have white ear lobes and half have red. Interesting!!

My Leghorn hens though are Ideal 236 Leghorns. One chick came out solid black, it now has some gold feathering around the neck, she actually looks like an Easter Egger. The others are white with black spots, white with gold specks (very pretty!!!) and some have a lot of gold feathering. Here are some pics, I can get more. Oh I have one pullet left that is close to 5 months old and 4 or so that are around 4 months. I got mostly roos. (

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(the four on the left are Exchequer Leghorns, the others are my RIR/Leghorn crosses)

 

[sangel4you]

awww they're pretty and golden!!! What color eggs do they lay? Oh wait r they not laying yet? Thanks for the pics!!!

 

[wjallen05]

Thanks. I am not sure yet. Like I mentioned, some have white ear lobes and some have red ear lobes. They are 4-5 months old but aren't ready to lay yet I think they'll start early spring.

 

[sangel4you]

I was wondering too, with the size difference between RIR and leghorns, did you have different sized chicks, and did the big ones end up being males?

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

ME! I have some . . . White Leghorn Roo over RIR hen

 

[can you hear me now?]

I am pretty sure i read somewhere that if you want to know what color eggs it will depend on the hen that you hatch them from. So if you hatch from a brown egg layer the eggs should be brown and vise versa with the white egg layers.

 

[catdaddyfro]

Beings that the cross is between a wht. egg layer and a brown egg layer the egg should be a beige or tinted color.

My buddy has some RIR rooXBrown Leghorn cross layers and they lay a tinted colored egg.

catdaddy

 

[sloallie10]

thats so wierd, both of those people have the same crosses (am i right?) and they turned out totally different!