white leghorn rooster x brown egg layer

[1 Bad Rotti]

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Thanks, that's kinda what I had in mind. I've got a lot of people buying eggs but they want colored eggs, no white. I thought that cross would produce a better feed conversion than a straight RIR. As long as the eggs aren't white I think it'll work. Whatcha think?

 

[draye]

Never mind.

 

[stevin]

right now i have 40 Heritage RIR roo x Pearl White Leghorn eggs in the incubator. I'm very interested to see the outcome.

 

[1 Bad Rotti]

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Me 2, keep us updated on what happens. I was going to use a leghorn roo, I have about 24 RIR pullets. Might be worth a try, can't lose anything since all I'm after is improved feed conversion.

 

[donrae]

I put a brown leghorn roo over my mixed brown laying hens for the same reason, to increase egg laying and decrease feed in the offspring. I haven't hatched many, but the handful I do have still lay a colored egg. Not as brown as the mommas, but still not white, and that's usually what counts with the customers, right? The downside of this mix is the cockerals that hatch out take forever to reach a decent butcher weight, if they ever do.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Here. A picture is worth a thousand words. The 2 eggs on top are from Pure White Leghorn Hens. The 2 eggs in the middle are from the Mutt Girls (White Leghorn Roo over Rhode Island Red Hen) and the egg on the lower left is from a barnevelder hen and the egg on the lower right is from a hatchery Rhode Island Red hen. I took 2 pictures, the one on the left is with a flash and the one on the right is without a flash.

 

[1 Bad Rotti]

Ok, here's another question.....what if you crossed an EE rooster over white leghorn hens? Do the lay colored eggs? Has anyone done this?

 

[draye]

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That would depend on what he has behind him in his breeding. If he should come from a green-blue egg, it would probably add some blue to the egg and probably sould get some that would lay white eggs, wiht EE's it a chance.

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

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I have three hatches of this cross. I'm having trouble sexing them because I don't know if they a maturing like a RIR or a Leghorn. When my Leghorn hens matured they got big combs very early and I thought they were roos. Wasn't sure until they layed eggs. Some of the chicks have the conformation of a Leghorn and others the RIR. Did any one else have this problem?

 

[stevin]

ibeier2000,
would you have any pics of any of those hatches? if so, we would love to see them.