Sex- linked Information

[AZChiknGoddess]

I have a question. I have a purebred brown leghorn hen in with my purebred blue Ameracauna rooster. Three eggs have been hatched from this cross. Two have been chipmunk striped with yellow legs and a straight comb, and one is blue. Would it be safe to assume that the chipmunks are boys and the blue with the pea comb and blue legs and beard is a pullet?

 

[draye]

I have a question. I have a purebred brown leghorn hen in with my purebred blue Ameracauna rooster. Three eggs have been hatched from this cross. Two have been chipmunk striped with yellow legs and a straight comb, and one is blue. Would it be safe to assume that the chipmunks are boys and the blue with the pea

comb and blue legs and beard is a pullet?

No. The brown leghorn is not a hen used in see linked crosses.

There is a possibility that you could be correct, but never friend in it.

See first page to see the appropriate Sexlinks cross.

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

No. The brown leghorn is not a hen used in see linked crosses.

There is a possibility that you could be correct, but never friend in it.

See first page to see the appropriate Sexlinks cross.

Thank you for the reply. I didn't intend that this hen/rooster cross would be sex linked. I was told that the blue legs and pea comb was however and linked to the blue egg gene. It was surprising that the colors were so varied.

 

[jerryse]

I have a question. I have a purebred brown leghorn hen in with my purebred blue Ameracauna rooster. Three eggs have been hatched from this cross. Two have been chipmunk striped with yellow legs and a straight comb, and one is blue. Would it be safe to assume that the chipmunks are boys and the blue with the pea comb and blue legs and beard is a pullet?

Are you sure of the parentage . If you are sure it raises questions about your rooster . There should be no single combs from this cross . They could develop into a modified blade from single/pea comb combo . Also leg color as adults should not be yellow on this cross . Chick leg color may change as they grow .

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

Are you sure of the parentage . If you are sure it raises questions about your rooster . There should be no single combs from this cross . They  could develop into a modified blade from single/pea comb combo . Also leg color as adults should not be yellow on this cross . Chick leg color may change as they grow .

The chicks are fresh hatched. They may indeed change leg color. The roo is a blue roo from Wayne Meredith stock. He does have some bleed through on his neck.

 

[LindaB220]

I have some RSL's that lay quite dark eggs almost as dark as Maran eggs. I made this box to ship some eggs and I put some in to check the fit. The darker egg is a RSL. They are in a coop and pen with my White Leghorns so I know it has to be an RSL egg. It isn't uncommon for new layers to sit in a nest box for quite a long time and not lay an egg. Their bodies are adjusting so they may not lay every day at first.

Where do you get your foam inserts from. Price and shipping? Thanks

 

[Ridgerunner]

I strongly suspect your purebred Blue Ameraucana is not purebred, especially with bleed-through. Did you get his directly from Wayne Meredith? If someone other than Wayne Meredith did the breeding, then Wayne Meredith is not responsible.

Is he a Blue Ameraucana or is he a Blue Wheaten. That’s another possible explanation, maybe a likely explanation. But that still leaves questions.

I don’t know the genetics of a brown leghorn but a Blue Ameraucana should be based on extended black. That black should overpower whatever the leghorn is based on so you should be getting about half blue and half black chicks if both are purebred.

I don’t know what you will get with a Blue Wheaten Ameraucana over a Brown Leghorn hen, but again if both are purebred, the chicks should look a whole lot alike. Since the chicks look that different at least one of the parents is not purebred. Or another chicken is a parent.

The Pea comb is incompletely dominant over the single comb. That means you will probably not get a pure pea comb but you will see the effects of the pea comb gene. If you are getting single combed chicks then the Ameraucana is not pure.

There is a 97% chance that the pea comb and blue egg gene will be passed down together because of how close they are on the chromosome. But that is only if the parent with the blue egg gene and pea comb gene has only one of each and they are linked to start with. A pure Ameraucana is pure for the pea comb and the blue egg gene. In any case he will pass down one of each of those genes to his offspring since he does not have any others to give. You are getting single combed chicks. The father is not pure for the pea comb.

The pea comb gene, the blue egg shell gene, and the blue/black/splash gene are not sex linked at all. You cannot use any of those to determine sex.

Some leg color genes are sex linked. I can’t remember which colors those are. But you have to have the parents set up a specific way for that to work and they have to be pure for that gene. Since you are getting single combed chicks the father is not pure but a mix. Who knows what leg color genes he has? They are likely to not be pure. I would not count on leg color to give sex at all.

A brown leghorn cannot be used to make a red sex link or a black sex link. She just does not have the genes.

 

[cmom]

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I bought a large piece of foam and cut out the blocks then I have a cutter to cut the holes. They are not perfect but work. I made templates. This one is to ship 15 eggs. If someone orders a dozen eggs I ship 3 extra. I always hope they are all fertile but can't guarantee it so I ship some extra eggs. I have them available on my website. Just click on my name and go to my profile for my website.

 

[jerryse]

Where do you get your foam inserts from. Price and shipping? Thanks

I get mine from Cutler Supply . Been awhile since I ordered any so not sure on cost . I bought in bundles of ten . They come 36 hole and now 30 hole I think . I cut to size in a paper cutter . I cut in half for a 12-18 egg shipment . Side pressure is the big risk . Many are using bubble wrap bags/pouches plus a box in a box system . The bubble wrap pouches are cheaper . Get them on eBay . I do not ship eggs much anymore .

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

Are you sure of the parentage . If you are sure it raises questions about your rooster . There should be no single combs from this cross . They  could develop into a modified blade from single/pea comb combo . Also leg color as adults should not be yellow on this cross . Chick leg color may change as they grow .

Ok I had my facts wrong. The chicks were hatched by a friend, and have pea combs and blue legs. There have been three eggs from this hen and the first one was from a different roo. That chick has yellow legs and a straight comb. The roo was poor quality and was camping in the layer pen temporarily while a friend fixed up her coop.
I still wonder if a wild type (brown leghorn) crossed on blue (black) will auto sex.