Mars Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) I bought very similar rooster to this one, when I bought it, it was 12 weeks old with 4 hens same hatch. I was told it is a white leghorn. but I am not sure now as his sisters are laying cream colored eggs and their combs are straight. I am breeding from it with mainly white star hens and some other brown egg laying breeds. just curious what offspring would I expect. Edited to say: I am not really breeding. just when hens get broody, I put some eggs under them It isn't morehens disease Edited June 1, 2015 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 he has the look of a white leghorn. sadly it could be than the ones you were sold have a brown or tinted egg layer some were in their ancestry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I bought very similar rooster to this one, when I bought it, it was 12 weeks old with 4 hens same hatch? I hope this cockerel isn't being bred with hens from the same clutch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 I bought very similar rooster to this one, when I bought it, it was 12 weeks old with 4 hens same hatch? I hope this cockerel isn't being bred with hens from the same clutch? No Cat tails those eggs were excluded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 he has the look of a white leghorn. sadly it could be than the ones you were sold have a brown or tinted egg layer some were in their ancestry Thank you sjp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I bought very similar rooster to this one, when I bought it, it was 12 weeks old with 4 hens same hatch? I hope this cockerel isn't being bred with hens from the same clutch? well over 50% of pure breds in the UK are bred using the same family (though usually across generations) you get more reliable results that way and virtually no complications. To answer your question OP, he isn't quite right for a pure leghorn though there is certainly a lot of Leghorn in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 Thank you Redwing What I am trying to do is to get a rooster from the white eggs laid by the white stars. hopefully that rooster will be more "leghorn" than this. breeding the new rooster with white stars will get me white egg laying breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
