The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[Sapphire Sebright]

Oh you poor thing.
I can't imagine that.

I know! I had been dealing fine with it up until Tuesday, when we went to TSC for feed!
THEY HAD CHICKS! AUSTRALORPS! ISA BROWNS! AMERAUCANAS! IT KILLED ME!

 

[Painted Calls]

I know! I had been dealing fine with it up until Tuesday, when we went to TSC for feed!
THEY HAD CHICKS! AUSTRALORPS! ISA BROWNS! AMERAUCANAS! IT KILLED ME!

Don't get any more RSLs.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Don't get any more RSLs.

I wanted the Australorps and the one little Ameraucana that they had. The little dummy was asleep with the Aussies half on top of him! It was precious!

 

[Painted Calls]

I wanted the Australorps and the one little Ameraucana that they had. The little dummy was asleep with the Aussies half on top of him! It was precious!

Spoiler... The Ameraucana was an EE.

 

[Chookwagn]

I wanted the Australorps and the one little Ameraucana that they had. The little dummy was asleep with the Aussies half on top of him! It was precious!

I'm pretty sure what you need is some hatching eggs from Moony

 

[The Moonshiner]

Yes the black pullet is from cuckoos

Your rooster only has one copy of barring.
Barring is sex linked. Females only have one gene. either barred or non barred so if she has the gene she's barred if she doesn't she isnt.
females get that gene from their fathers and pass it to their sons. Every male chick she produces will be barred.
The males have two genes and get one from each parent and pass one to each offspring.
Your rooster has one barred gene and one non barred gene so he can pass either forward. Since females get just a gene from the father. About half of his female offspring will be cuckoo and about half will be black.
The male offspring will all get one gene from the mom and if they get the non barred from the father they'll be darker and breed just like their dad.
If they get the barring gene from their father they'll have two copies and be lighter as the one is.
Keep the light one and he is pure for cuckoo. Breed him to cuckoo hens and all females will be cuckoo and all males will be double gene cuckoo. They will breed true.
Keep your black females and when bred to light cockerel all females will be cuckoo. The males will be single barred so you can discard the dark males or what have you.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Princess
Do you have an incubator?

 

[Chookwagn]

Your rooster only has one copy of barring.
Barring is sex linked. Females only have one gene. either barred or non barred so if she has the gene she's barred if she doesn't she isnt.
females get that gene from their fathers and pass it to their sons. Every male chick she produces will be barred.
The males have two genes and get one from each parent and pass one to each offspring.
Your rooster has one barred gene and one non barred gene so he can pass either forward. Since females get just a gene from the father. About half of his female offspring will be cuckoo and about half will be black.
The male offspring will all get one gene from the mom and if they get the non barred from the father they'll be darker and breed just like their dad.
If they get the barring gene from their father they'll have two copies and be lighter as the one is.
Keep the light one and he is pure for cuckoo. Breed him to cuckoo hens and all females will be cuckoo and all males will be double gene cuckoo. They will breed true.
Keep your black females and when bred to light cockerel all females will be cuckoo. The males will be single barred so you can discard the dark males or what have you.

Thank you! You are a legend. I suck at trying to follow genetics and this is plain English

 

[The Moonshiner]

I'm kind of a big deal.

 

[Chookwagn]

I'm kind of a big deal.

You won't be if you throw all the Leggys away