Matings ?

[elanco]

Sire - blue bar white flight

Dam - red .

 

Youngsters - blue bar (hen) & blue cheq (hen ), same nest ?

What's members thoughts on this ?

[billt]

Sire - blue bar white flight

Dam - red .

 

Youngsters - blue bar (hen) & blue cheq (hen ), same nest ?

What's members thoughts on this ?

 

That's right, all Blue and Bl. cheq will be hens any reds or mealys will be cocks

[TheHigg]

That's right, all Blue and Bl. cheq will be hens any reds or mealys will be cocks

bill i have a red cock paired to a blue hen so by youre reckoning any reds mealys will be hens and the blues or cheqs should be cocks is that right

[billt]

bill i have a red cock paired to a blue hen so by youre reckoning any reds mealys will be hens and the blues or cheqs should be cocks is that right

 

No mate, it doesn't work that way round, any youngsters could be reds, mealys blues or bl. cheqs of either sex

[Kyleakin Lofts]

Billt has it spot on in both cases.

[William Reid]

Billt has it spot on in both cases.

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[REDCHEQHEN]

I always like to have my mealie hens and red hens paired to blue bar or blue cheq cocks (usually mealie to cheq, so I have more chance of red cheqs!!)

 

It's the only sexed youngsters I can pretty much guarantee each year

[elanco]

Thanks for clearing that up

[peter pandy]

Billt has it spot on in both cases.

Can always remember Leslie Davidson who was pretty well clued up in genetics when he wrote for the BHW many years ago and have personally never known a red cock throw anything other than red or mealy HENS

[OLDYELLOW]

red cock and dark hen = other year 2 nests 3 darks 2 cocks one hen can be either sex either colour