Solanacae
Crowing
I got an Isabel (lavender wheaten) Ameraucana this spring that turned out to be a cockerel, and I’m still on the fence over keeping him. As I’m wanting to get some more shades of green in my egg basket, it might be worth it to keep him around, if only for a little while.
I’m curious to know, if I did hatch out any chicks, what color combinations I’d be getting. The hens I’m considering using are:
1. Hatchery Black Marans - no feathering but dark legs
2. Speckled Sussex
3. Dominique
4. Marans/Cream Legbar cross (OE)
5. Mosaic/Gold Laced Wyandotte cross (the cross resulted in sex-linked chicks)
I tried using a couple of the online genetics calculators for the first time ever, but I still have questions.
1. Ameraucana x Black Marans - this would result in an olive egger, obviously, but would the dark legs of the Marans lead to any sort of sex-linking features? Or does the male have to have dark legs for that to be a possibility?
2. Ameraucana x Speckled Sussex - See the second picture below. Would you really be able to determine sex by leg color? Or there is a chance? Not sure what the “light shank?” means. Also, what’s the difference between Columbian and incomplete Columbian?
It says blue egger, but my SS lays pinkish brown eggs, so it would likely be some sort of green?
3. These chicks would be sex-linked and lay a light green egg, correct? My Dom lays a light tan egg.
4. This cross would result in 4 different phenotypes, with various amounts of beards and crests. What I can’t tell is, would the barring gene carried by the OE result in any sex-linked traits? If you look at the second picture, you can see what looks like (to me) a hint of barring, but would that be enough to accurately determine sex at hatch? Or is it too buried genetically to express anywhere?
5. I couldn’t find anything in the genotype of a Mosaic chicken, so I don’t have any idea what a chick from this cross would look like. Anyone want to take a guess? The hen lays light tan eggs and has a single comb. The third picture is of her.
I’m curious to know, if I did hatch out any chicks, what color combinations I’d be getting. The hens I’m considering using are:
1. Hatchery Black Marans - no feathering but dark legs
2. Speckled Sussex
3. Dominique
4. Marans/Cream Legbar cross (OE)
5. Mosaic/Gold Laced Wyandotte cross (the cross resulted in sex-linked chicks)
I tried using a couple of the online genetics calculators for the first time ever, but I still have questions.
1. Ameraucana x Black Marans - this would result in an olive egger, obviously, but would the dark legs of the Marans lead to any sort of sex-linking features? Or does the male have to have dark legs for that to be a possibility?
2. Ameraucana x Speckled Sussex - See the second picture below. Would you really be able to determine sex by leg color? Or there is a chance? Not sure what the “light shank?” means. Also, what’s the difference between Columbian and incomplete Columbian?
It says blue egger, but my SS lays pinkish brown eggs, so it would likely be some sort of green?
3. These chicks would be sex-linked and lay a light green egg, correct? My Dom lays a light tan egg.
4. This cross would result in 4 different phenotypes, with various amounts of beards and crests. What I can’t tell is, would the barring gene carried by the OE result in any sex-linked traits? If you look at the second picture, you can see what looks like (to me) a hint of barring, but would that be enough to accurately determine sex at hatch? Or is it too buried genetically to express anywhere?
5. I couldn’t find anything in the genotype of a Mosaic chicken, so I don’t have any idea what a chick from this cross would look like. Anyone want to take a guess? The hen lays light tan eggs and has a single comb. The third picture is of her.
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