What would a Barred rock x White leghorn cross look like?

[Cinnamon11]

Hi I have a friend with a barred rock roo and was wondering what the babies would turn out like if I bred him with my white leghorn hen? What color egg? What color would the birds be? Has anyone ever done this cross before?

 

[NatJ]

@NatJ, what's your thoughts on what the mix would look like?

I think the same as what's been described: each chicken mostly white, some bits of black, white barring on the white (but invisible or hard to see.) Eggs probably light brown.

 

[Chickpalooza]

Hi I have a friend with a barred rock roo and was wondering what the babies would turn out like if I bred him with my white leghorn hen? What color egg? What color would the birds be? Has anyone ever done this cross before?

I actually have a one
Here is noodles, my ghost barred cockerel at 16 wks. He was completely white until about 8 weeks, he has a couple black feathers, and the barring is actually pretty noticeable.

 

[Chickpalooza]

He’s gorgeous!!!

I’m going to make some attempts at replication, although I lost a hen and I’m unsure if she was the mom, it was either her or a Delaware because the eggs look similar to my Delaware,poppy’s, eggs but the egg he hatched out of was bigger. So he is very pretty but he might actually be a Delaware cross not a leghorn cross. Even with that, that is still what a ghost barred chicken looks like.

 

[cluckingheck]

Here’s better pictures. I sold all the pullets, so I only have the cockerels left, but the pullets looked the same. The ones with the brown patches on their wings are the ones from the ISA Brown mothers.

i do have a picture of one of the pullets:

 

[cluckingheck]

Why does some of them have white legs?

There’s some that are from a cuckoo maran rooster, but other than that it all follows the same pattern.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I think the same as what's been described: each chicken mostly white, some bits of black, white barring on the white (but invisible or hard to see.) Eggs probably light brown.

Okay.

 

[Cinnamon11]

The offspring would be White Barred, & females would lay light brown/tinted eggs.

Never done the cross. Not a fan of Leghorns.

Thank you! That sound pretty! I’m not really a fan of leghorns either but I have 1 because they are good layers.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hi I have a friend with a barred rock roo and was wondering what the babies would turn out like if I bred him with my white leghorn hen? What color egg? What color would the birds be? Has anyone ever done this cross before?

The offspring would be White Barred, & females would lay light brown/tinted eggs.

Never done the cross. Not a fan of Leghorns.

 

[cluckingheck]

A majority of them end up being white or white with black here & there. I did a mass hatch back in Jan. and I have a BR rooster & 4 leghorn hens. There’s some other crosses pictured, but most of the white ones are the BRxLeghorn while some are BRxISA Brown