RIR Roo x California White Leghorn

[Seraki]

But for the OP's question, if California Whites are from a California Grey roo ( who is barred) on White Leghorn hens ( who are Dominant White), then the California Whites would be carrying one copy of Barring and one Copy of Dominant White. And breeding a RIR rooster to them should give black sexlinks since the hens are barred, but since they are also het for Dom White being bred to a roo who doesnt carry Dom White, half of the offspring would have their black replaced by White. So half of the pullets should be black and half should be white. Half of the roos should be barred, and half should be white with very faint, barely noticeable "ghost Barring"

Thank you so much for your response! I plan on just going for it, and placing some in the incubator in the next month or two. I'd prefer if a hen or two goes broody on me, but I don't think I'll wait on mother nature for this one!

 

[tadkerson]

The california gray I have seen are barred, silver and birchen. White leghorns are dominant white, barred, silver and extended black or birchen. If cross the gray with the leghorn you will get a heterozygous dominant white, barred, silver, extended black/birchen heterozygote or a birchen bird caly whites

RIR X caly white= possible whites leaking red on the back (females or males) , whites leaking black (caly white looking),silver birchen looking male birds and brown red looking females, black leaking red female (like a black sex link) or black leaking silver (male)- all males will be barred

as Clint said- you could get ghost barring in males,

You could also produce very light gray females. I worked with dominant white for 6 years- it is a quirky gene; lots of possible colors.

Rhode island red hybrids that are silver can show lots of red, especially females. I have produced silver females that were almost completely dark red. I have worked with RIR hybrids for about 5 years. The mahogany gene in the RIR and the autosomal red can almost cover the silver in a female.

Tim

 

[Cowgirl71]

Thanks for the info!

I think I may try crossing RIRs with CWs and see what I get. I'll just get a few CW pullets and plan for my sexlinks to come from my RIR x RIW and RIR x BR crosses. Hopefully the CWs will make sexlinks, but if they don't, then big deal, at least they're great layers and will more than pay for their feed!

 

[tadkerson]

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The only way the california white will be sex linked would be if they could be feather sexed.

Tim

 

[Cowgirl71]

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I know that "purebred" CWs are not sexlinks, but I'm thinking that RIR x CW could possibly make sexlinks, right?

 

[phasianidae]

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What was this bird crossed with ?

A half NH quarter RIR and quarter BR roo with a California White hen. From the above posts it sounds like he should be barred, any idea why he isnt?

 

[RAREROO]

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What was this bird crossed with ?

A half NH quarter RIR and quarter BR roo with a California White hen. From the above posts it sounds like he should be barred, any idea why he isnt?

With those higher percentages of the other breeds the barring could be lost in some of the birds by this generation.

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

I have three hatches of chicks that were RIR roo / Leghorn crosses. RIR roo came from a breeder and the Leghorn came from TSC. They will be 11, 8, and 4wks old on Sunday. They were all born white with a few scant black spots except for one that is all white. A couple of the oldest ones are feathering out with faint gold barring on the necks. Most a have body conformation like the RIR. A couple have the conformation of a Leghorn. And the all white one who is 8 wks old has the conformation of a leghorn and the largest comb. I'm not ready to say it's a roo yet because the female leghorns all have large combs. Sending you good incubator vibs and good luck on your hatch.

Hatching is like a box of chocolates. You never know what your gonna get.

 

[Seraki]

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My thoughts exactly! They're good hens, and GREAT layers, so no matter what mutts I end up with, they'll do the job just fine!