The Olive-Egger thread!

[Ihilani Coffee]

Hello everyone! I am just now reading through some of the posts so I may answer my own question but here it goes.

I am getting a quad of marans next weekend (1 black copper roo and 3 splash hens) and I am waiting for some cream legbar eggs to hatch right now (so obviously I am thinking way into the future lol)

would crossing maran roo X leg bar hen produce the same results as leg bar roo X maran hen?

If so could I technically put them in the same pen and when I incubate and hatch eggs I would have a mix of pure marans (which would be blue cause of the bcm and splash cross), pure legbars and then olive eggers? The only problem I can see with this is that since barring is dominate (?) the legbar roo X maran hen crosses will be hard to identify from the pure legbar males...Im just guessing here though. Im really just learning about genetics as I go.

Thanks for your help!

Pure legbar males will be double barred, legbar over Marans cockerel chicks will be single barred.

 

[Debs55]

Pure legbar males will be double barred, legbar over Marans cockerel chicks will be single barred.

What does that mean? Like how do double barred and single barred look different?

 

[ronott1]

What does that mean? Like how do double barred and single barred look different?

This might help:

Quote:

 

[Debs55]

yes that does help!

 

[aart]

I must have a bad 'eye' I find it hard to tell the difference in barring(single vs double) there.
Will this only show in the adults or is it visible in chicks?

 

[Debs55]

I must have a bad 'eye' I find it hard to tell the difference in barring(single vs double) there.
Will this only show in the adults or is it visible in chicks?

I think the doubled barred one has less space between his bars? or maybe Im just making that up lol

 

[ronott1]

I must have a bad 'eye' I find it hard to tell the difference in barring(single vs double) there.
Will this only show in the adults or is it visible in chicks?

I found a post that is better at explaining the difference. It has to do with the darkness. Double barred dilutes(lightens) the colors.

Quote:niclandia Top

 

[aart]

Quote: Ah... lighter makes more sense........but I think this barring discussion started with sexing(gendering?) chicks out of certain crosses.

Can the double vs single barring be seen at the chick stage?

 

[ronott1]

Ah... lighter makes more sense........but I think this barring discussion started with sexing(gendering?) chicks out of certain crosses.

Can the double vs single barring be seen at the chick stage?

Yes, it is what makes CCLs auto sexing.

 

[vpatt]

This is my girl that lays a light olive green egg almost every day.