What color chicks- Frost White Legbar × Lavender Wyandotte?

[GlicksChicks]

Hello all,

I have eggs in my incubators that are from my Frost White Legbar roo covering my Lavender Wyandotte hens. This is a test EE project I am starting on, these are the first ever hatches from it.

One batch is set to hatch on the 28th. The other batch is set to hatch on March 3rd.

What colors will the babies be that hatch out? And will they be sexlinked?

Picture of my Legbar roo and my Wyandotte hens.

 

[Slothinc]

Do you have more pictures of the lavender wyandottes? The hens in the photo look blue not lavender. Maybe it’s the lighting?

If they are blue hens, and the legbar rooster is recessive white, then the chicks should be 50% blue, 50% black and all will carry recessive white. If they are lavender hens then the chicks will all be black, and will all carry lavender and recessive white.

 

[GlicksChicks]

Do you have more pictures of the lavender wyandottes? The hens in the photo look blue not lavender. Maybe it’s the lighting?

If they are blue hens, and the legbar rooster is recessive white, then the chicks should be 50% blue, 50% black and all will carry recessive white. If they are lavender hens then the chicks will all be black, and will all carry lavender and recessive white.

I have some younger pictures of them, I believe it is the lighting. They decided to be in the darkest corner of their pen when I took the picture in the post.

 

[GlicksChicks]

Do you have more pictures of the lavender wyandottes? The hens in the photo look blue not lavender. Maybe it’s the lighting?

If they are blue hens, and the legbar rooster is recessive white, then the chicks should be 50% blue, 50% black and all will carry recessive white. If they are lavender hens then the chicks will all be black, and will all carry lavender and recessive white.

And what is the chance that the offspring will have head crests? My Frost White Legbars are crested.

 

[Amer]

I have some younger pictures of them, I believe it is the lighting. They decided to be in the darkest corner of their pen when I took the picture in the post.

Woah! Those are the darkest Lavenders I've ever seen! Nonetheless, the curly feathers around the tail gives it away.
You will get black barred chicks with some color leakage. Wrong way for a sexlink: the barred bird needs to be the mother.

And what is the chance that the offspring will have head crests? My Frost White Legbars are crested.

All of the offspring will have head crests.

 

[Slothinc]

Woah! Those are the darkest Lavenders I've ever seen! Nonetheless, the curly feathers around the tail gives it away.
You will get black barred chicks with some color leakage. Wrong way for a sexlink: the barred bird needs to be the mother.

All of the offspring will have head crests.

Oh duh! Totally forgot about the barring since they are white legbars. Thanks for pointing that out! I agree, those are the darkest lavenders I have ever seen!

 

[Amer]

Oh duh! Totally forgot about the barring since they are white legbars. Thanks for pointing that out! I agree, those are the darkest lavenders I have ever seen!

Off topic but... the chicken in your avatar is just beautiful!

 

[Amer]

If GlicksChicks hadn't posted more pictures, I probably would have wondered if those were truly Lavender too.

 

[Slothinc]

Off topic but... the chicken in your avatar is just beautiful!

Oh thank you, you are so kind!! She’s an 8 week old white satin silkie… well 3/4 silkie, 1/4 ameraucana bantam. Fingers crossed she will lay a blue egg when she gets older (she has a 50% chance). Also, I don’t know if she’s recessive or dominant white… it is strange that she has the light beak and comb. I had a recessive white earlier last year that had a red comb, so I don’t know if it could be linked to the recessive white genes.

Her dad was paint and I believe her mom was my paint showgirl, who carries recessive white… and possibly the dad could have, though I didn’t think so. Kind of a mess. But I’ll breed her to black and see if I end up with all paint or all black, then I will know for sure Sorry to the original poster for going off topic.

 

[Slothinc]

PS @Amer, your posts are some of my favorite things to read - I hope to one day know as much about chicken genetics as you do!