RIR on white leghorn?

[jjparke]

ANybody ever tried a Rhode Island Red rooster on a white leghorn hen? Seems very interesting.

 

[Mahonri]

Isn't that similar to a Cinnamon Queen?

 

[SteveH]

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I don't think so ; I believe CQs are a sexlink of Silver Wyandotte X RIR , NH , or possibly a strain of production red . I believe hybrid Leghorns are dominate white and crossed with RIR both sexes of chicks will be mostly white with possibly a little bit of red or black spotting bleeding through . Not an expert , so maybe one will check in .

 

[TanyaFL]

I sure am no expert either, lol! It just so happens I was reading up on this site about this mix just yesterday, lol. According to the breed index it would make a Red Star/Red sex link...not sure if it matters which is hen and which is rooster. It just says RIR X White Leghorn...does the order matter??? Or do you get a Red Star/Red sex link either way?

I did search to see and someone here has done it but they called them Golden Comets though. They did also say AKA Red Star/Red Sex link...it was a RIR rooster x White Leghorn hen...but I am not sure what is what now because the breed index says Golden Comets are a different mix. I am so new here, with the rules and all, IDK if I am allowed to link that post in this post or not...

Anywho...they did say they are great egg layers!

 

[monita]

I have that cross.

roo:

hen:I didn 't have a pic of her by herself

chick:

adolescents:
these chicks hatched together from the above parents.

i don't know what you would call them.... but they are really sweet. well, mine are anyway.

 

[wmkennedy25]

i just hatched 10 eggs from a rir roo and a white leghorn hen last night! Does anybody know if there is a way to sex this breed this early?

 

[Chris09]

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The "breed index" that you are referring to I would say wrong because; White Leghorns are Dominate White like Steve said. ( In order to use a Leghorn as a "Color" sex-link you would have to use a Silver Leghorn or a Columbian Leghorn )
Crossing a R.I. Red with a White Leghorn would get you a "F1" (First Generation) line of Production Red....

Now if you cross a White Leghorn Male with a R.I. Red Female you can feather sex by rate of feather growth at time of hatch...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261208

Chris

 

[wmkennedy25]

what about Rhode island red rooster and dominque hen?

 

[Chris09]

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That would get you Black Sex-link..
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261208

Chirs

 

[BenDecker]

I am very curious. Were they sex-linked? Were the hens good layers?

i just hatched 10 eggs from a rir roo and a white leghorn hen last night! Does anybody know if there is a way to sex this breed this early?