Backyard Poultry Forum

If you're trying for sex linked progeny using the Gold/silver plan. Then the rooster must be gold and the hens silver. Pullet chicks will be gold and rooster chicks silver.

Thanks for all this wonderful info i am learning so much!!

Could a person create legbars by using welbar cock over brown leghorn hens? The cock is a first cross welsummer x barred hen?

Technically, the recipe for legbar uses some Plymouth Rock parentage. So legbars tend to be slightly stockier than a straight leghorn and they tend to lay off white eggs.

You can however get the barring gene anywhere and move it into a brown leghorn to create the legbar colour. It just may not quite match the standard. Getting it from a Welbar is easier than some other breeds as its already in a gold base, so you don't need to break the link between barring and silver.

Thanks andrewschooks i will give it a crack and see how i go !

The parents of my first welbar cockerel

The cockerel

Question,

When attempting to sex link using the female base of Plymouth Rocks, which may work better light or dark barred.

It doesn't matter. Just use whichever are the better line available to you.

andrewschooks,
Thank you for your advise, I thought as much but no harm in asking.

the same cockerel at 12 weeks of age.
This is the same bird as above

I am happy enough with him i aware leg color maybe a issue
In my quest for welbars. Thoughts please?

He's fine! Just mate him to gold Welsummer hens. Then select the gold progeny with barring to be the parents of the next cross to welsummers.

Same rooster 2 weeks later I am more than happy with him and his growth rate

He should do nicely!