The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[Kung_pao]

Those eggs are really dak, KP, what are you hatching?


Handsome boy!

Just more marans. Should be easy to get rid of the extras, seems like lots of people want them right now.

 

[KF0002]

I'm going based on what Hoovers said, even though they are dumb.

I concur.

 

[KF0002]

Ok I had to move him because Muraco was beating the hell out of him so hopefully this helps
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He definitely has some color in his wing triangle! He is lovely! So at least split duckwing I would think. But I dont have any experience with this variety so he may be pure blue gold duckwing and just have poor color expression in the duckwing area. I like him and he will make pretty babies!

 

[KF0002]

@Amer @The Moonshiner do you know why my Legbars and now my Crele project birds start out with a dusky greenish yellow leg color as chicks that always turns yellow as they get a few weeks old? The Legbar line never produced a green legged adult bird and I have had the line for like 10 years, so I am confident it isnt green legged genes in that regard.

Would the barring gene cause the dusky greenish yellow color in the legs of the young chicks? Like maybe some sort of melanizer gene? They always turn out yellow legged as they grow but early on you would swear they are going to be green legged by how their legs look as chicks.

 

[Amer]

@Amer @The Moonshiner do you know why my Legbars and now my Crele project birds start out with a dusky greenish yellow leg color as chicks that always turns yellow as they get a few weeks old? The Legbar line never produced a green legged adult bird and I have had the line for like 10 years, so I am confident it isnt green legged genes in that regard.

Would the barring gene cause the dusky greenish yellow color in the legs of the young chicks? Like maybe some sort of melanizer gene? They always turn out yellow legged as they grow but early on you would swear they are going to be green legged by how their legs look as chicks.

No, I don't know. If they were black based I would say that is the reason but clearly that's not that case.

 

[KF0002]

No, I don't know. If they were black based I would say that is the reason but clearly that's not that case.

I will take some pics of the next chick I hatch with it. All the ones I have now that hatched with the dusky leg color now have yellow legs like normal. It is bizarre.

 

[ABQ chicken keeper]

Blue Breasted Brown Leghorn | Hoover's Hatchery https://share.google/3GNaha0B6kCGQnKUX

I love anything Leghorn + blue.

The DW pattern isn't so cut and dry once crossed. Ask me how I know...

OK!, I will ask ... how do you know?

 

[The Moonshiner]

OK!, I will ask ... how do you know?

Cause duckwing is my favorite pattern and I've crossed it with a ton of stuff...
Blue, chocolate, lavender, mottled, barred, etc, etc

 

[The Moonshiner]

@Amer @The Moonshiner do you know why my Legbars and now my Crele project birds start out with a dusky greenish yellow leg color as chicks that always turns yellow as they get a few weeks old? The Legbar line never produced a green legged adult bird and I have had the line for like 10 years, so I am confident it isnt green legged genes in that regard.

Would the barring gene cause the dusky greenish yellow color in the legs of the young chicks? Like maybe some sort of melanizer gene? They always turn out yellow legged as they grow but early on you would swear they are going to be green legged by how their legs look as chicks.

Idk anything about those green legs.
Once upon a time I had a lot of grow outs free ranging. Decided one day to catch up a few to take pics. I believe they were buffs. Anyways once I started catching them and putting them in a cage I started noticing green shanks. Confused I started looking closer. All of them had yellow with a green overcast to them.
WTH? I was thinking. Took me a bit but then I figured it out. They'd all been running freshly mowed grass. Duh

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I think the boys settled their grievances today. Muraco is still the boss but Tito has his own hens and territory. Planning to upgrade the stall Tito is in so I can put the silver pullets and cockerel out there with him. That way if I pull him for breeding the flock won’t be rooster-less. When. When I pull him for breeding.