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?

 

[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

 

[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:

 

[MysteryChicken]

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

Why does some of them have white legs?

 

[MysteryChicken]

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

 

[MysteryChicken]

The Calculator results even say: 50% White Barred Males, & 50% White Barred Females.

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[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.