Building a Welbar line
Have exceptional Welsummers and Barred Rocks.
Have about 40-50 chicks out.
Colors: Totally black...females? Black with just a little white on top of head. ??? Black with a big white spot on the top of head. Male?
According to what I have read I should end up with half barred and half totally black.
Do I keep only the barred males and put them back onto Welsummer females or ????? Looked at the chart many times and thought you kept all the barred birds. After reading for about the 20th time it looks like you only keep the barred males.
Anyone know?
If you used BR females only the males will have head spots. If you used a BR male all will have head spots. The males single barred. This makes sexing unreliable as all chicks have 1 barring gene.