What color chicks- Frost White Legbar × Lavender Wyandotte?

[Amer]

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.

Recessive white doesn't cause red skin. Her parents just both carried the recessive non-fibro gene! Her beak just looks so short and boopable.

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!

Thank you!

 

[GaryDean26]

Legbars carry recessive white, so that will be canceled out in the cross and not be express. The Legbar cockerel will pass the wild type primary color pattern (brown hens with salmon breasts that are barred and crele cockerels). Lavendar is also recessive so it will also be crossed out. I don't know what the base color is for the Lavendar Wyandotts. The Extended Black would give the best Lavendar color but I think Partridge is the base for the silver laced and gold laced so it is possible that they share that base. Assuming they are the Extended Black their base the hens would produce black hens. The Extended black is dominant to the wild type so you would get black bases from the hens and barring from the cockerel. The offspring should all be cuckoo. At hatch they will be black with white head spots. That is assuming that both the Wyandotts and Legbar are pure breed. I am guessing that they aren't. If that is the case you could have some come out with the chipmunk pattern and will be crele. They will NOT be autosexing nor a sex link. The males and females will look the same at hatch. It will be 4-8 weeks before you can sort the males from the females.

 

[Amer]

Legbars carry recessive white, so that will be canceled out in the cross and not be express. The Legbar cockerel will pass the wild type primary color pattern (brown hens with salmon breasts that are barred and crele cockerels). Lavendar is also recessive so it will also be crossed out. I don't know what the base color is for the Lavendar Wyandotts. The Extended Black would give the best Lavendar color but I think Partridge is the base for the silver laced and gold laced so it is possible that they share that base. Assuming they are the Extended Black their base the hens would produce black hens. The Extended black is dominant to the wild type so you would get black bases from the hens and barring from the cockerel. The offspring should all be cuckoo. At hatch they will be black with white head spots. That is assuming that both the Wyandotts and Legbar are pure breed. I am guessing that they aren't. If that is the case you could have some come out with the chipmunk pattern and will be crele. They will NOT be autosexing nor a sex link. The males and females will look the same at hatch. It will be 4-8 weeks before you can sort the males from the females.

True, I didn't take into account that the lavender Wyandottes could be partridge based. However, given they have dark legs rather than the yellow lavender Wyandottes are supposed to have I think they are probably extended black based. Along with just how dark they are.

 

[paintedChix]

When will your chicks hatched? Curious as to how it will work out.

 

[GlicksChicks]

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.

They are very dark, aren't they?!

That was what I thought with the Sexlink, just wanted to make sure.

I love head crests so that is exciting!!

 

[GlicksChicks]

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.

No worries! What is her name?

 

[GlicksChicks]

When will your chicks hatched? Curious as to how it will work out.

First batch is this Friday. The next one is next Friday!

 

[GlicksChicks]

True, I didn't take into account that the lavender Wyandottes could be partridge based. However, given they have dark legs rather than the yellow lavender Wyandottes are supposed to have I think they are probably extended black based. Along with just how dark they are.

The Wyandottes are from TSC, so lord knows what they truly are based. But I am thinking black as well with their dark legs.

Do you think the chicks will have dark legs and beaks like their mothers or light ones like their father? Or a mix?

 

[Amer]

The Wyandottes are from TSC, so lord knows what they truly are based. But I am thinking black as well with their dark legs.

Do you think the chicks will have dark legs and beaks like their mothers or light ones like their father? Or a mix?

Dark like their mother, not because of the e+ gene (which is sexlinked so they wouldn't inherit it if she had it) but rather because they will be extended black based (probably.)

 

[Slothinc]

No worries! What is her name?

It’s Frenchie - my last batch of chicks hatched at Christmas so a bunch of them got names from the “12 days of Christmas” theme… Im grateful that she really is turning out to be a French HEN and not a roo