Why aren’t Whiting True Blues more popular?

[SilverBirds]

What's a CCL? Still learning the acronyms, lol. Someone needs to make a pinned forum on the most frequent ones.

Crested Cream Legbar, or just Cream Legbar. I think there is a list of chicken acronyms somewhere on this site. I will try and find it for you.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

What's a CCL? Still learning the acronyms, lol. Someone needs to make a pinned forum on the most frequent ones.

Crested Cream Legbar

 

[SilverBirds]

What's a CCL? Still learning the acronyms, lol. Someone needs to make a pinned forum on the most frequent ones.

Here you go.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/byc-index-of-abbreviations-acronyms.63285/

 

[redinator]

Here you go.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/byc-index-of-abbreviations-acronyms.63285/

Holy crap! I've heard of chicken math, I didn't realize they had their own alphabet, lol

 

[Carrot_Mama]

What's a CCL? Still learning the acronyms, lol. Someone needs to make a pinned forum on the most frequent ones.

Crested Cream Legbar. I still don’t know all the acronyms!

 

[Carrot_Mama]

Cream Legbars are the #1 choice because using CL hens you can create sex-link olive eggers

Very legitimate reason

 

[hollandhens24]

As someone who has purchased WTB from McMurray and is now looking to other avenues to create colored eggs I have many opinions as to why I would not purchase hatchery WTB again, though I can't say that my personal experience, which is limited to only two of this breed, a hen and rooster, has anything to do with why others have chosen not to pursue the breed. In creating my flock "wish list" WTB met all of my greatest criteria: strong free range capability and high production, plus the fun factor of getting blue eggs. I felt that this made a WTB the perfect roo for my flock because I could create my own colored layers by crossing him on brown layers, as well as create more WTB with my hen. From what I have heard, roosters are a complete trial and error thing either way, but mine finally had to go because he failed in every capacity. He was human aggressive, failed to alert the flock of danger or usher them to safety when aerial predators were present, he was not "sweet" to the girls, fertility was spotty, and finally, as his first offspring have started to lay, I can confirm that he is not homozygous for the blue egg gene.

As for my hen, we absolutely adore her, but her eggs are... problematic. For one, she lays incredibly weak shelled eggs, which I do acknowledge that issues can be more prevalent in production breeds. Sometimes they will be broken in the box if another hen has laid after her and sat on the egg. None of my other chickens have this issue and I have tried various feeds with supplementation. Additionally, she lays a large, white egg rather than a blue. As for free ranging she is a rockstar and is incredibly entertaining in the way that she will chase and harass my dog, who thinks that they are best friends playing chase.

I haven't completely sworn off the breed and have been looking at some breeders to potentially order hatching eggs from, as I would trust that they are more likely to have consistent genetics. I would also like to add that Mcmurray was great when I reached out about the white egg and refunded the purchase cost of these two birds. I tend to think that a hobby breeder might be the way to go if you're interested in getting birds that may be less likely to have genetic surprises!

 

[McChooky]

But you have to keep in mind that each chicken has its own personality. My WTB Betty could check every one of those boxes, but she is white

I'm sure she's a wonderful hen!

I've got blue,brown,barred, blk and him!

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

In my opinion Wtb are just EEs that were selected to breed true for blue eggs. Which I could easily do in one generation if I wanted. Just take two EEs, cross em, and boom, 25% carry both blue egg genes but are still just EEs

 

[Auntiejessi3]

In my opinion Wtb are just EEs that were selected to breed true for blue eggs. Which I could easily do in one generation if I wanted. Just take two EEs, cross em, and boom, 25% carry both blue egg genes but are still just EEs

I think you need to read the full description of the breed and have a little more understanding of genetics. WTB's carry 2 copies of the blue egg gene, , not 25. They may not breed true for color, but they breed true for blue eggs, you can't say that about any EE crosses, unless tested.