Delaware x Leghorn?

[BelleintheCastle]

Soooo I have this huuuuuge booty butt rooster, a Delaware. What would happen if I crossed him with a Leghorn? They chicks SHOULD be seeable.

Would I get some kinda nice dual purpose bird?

I'd also like to try a Delaware x Bresse. Anyone tried that?

 

[NatJ]

Soooo I have this huuuuuge booty butt rooster, a Delaware. What would happen if I crossed him with a Leghorn? They chicks SHOULD be seeable.

A Delaware rooster crossed to a White Leghorn hen is not going to produce any kind of sex-linked chicks.

Would I get some kinda nice dual purpose bird?

Crossing large chickens (Delaware) with small chickens (Leghorn) will sometimes give large chickens, but sometimes it gives medium-sized chickens. So I'm not sure how big the chicks will grow.

I would expect the daughters to be fairly good layers.

 

[Okiechickenman]

I have a question. I been reading about lots of people crossing their Delaware roo with different hens. My question is has any one crossed a white leghorn roo to a Delaware hen. Is so can you please tell me what it will look like and post a picture or 2 so I can see if it something that would be interesting enough to hatch

 

[NatJ]

I have a question. I been reading about lots of people crossing their Delaware roo with different hens. My question is has any one crossed a white leghorn roo to a Delaware hen. Is so can you please tell me what it will look like and post a picture or 2 so I can see if it something that would be interesting enough to hatch

Chicks should be mostly white, with some black bits (different places than Delaware black bits.)

The color would probably be a lot like the California White chickens sold by various hatcheries. Several of them have photos:
https://www.hoovershatchery.com/CaliforniaWhite.html
https://www.welphatchery.com/layer-type-chicks/california-white-female/
https://www.farmstore.com/product/california-white-leghorn-pullet/

(Those are examples of color, not body shape. The Delaware-cross chickens would probably grow up to have an intermediate body shape, not the Leghorn shape seen in California Whites.)

 

[Okiechickenman]

Chicks should be mostly white, with some black bits (different places than Delaware black bits.)

The color would probably be a lot like the California White chickens sold by various hatcheries. Several of them have photos:
https://www.hoovershatchery.com/CaliforniaWhite.html
https://www.welphatchery.com/layer-type-chicks/california-white-female/
https://www.farmstore.com/product/california-white-leghorn-pullet/

(Those are examples of color, not body shape. The Delaware-cross chickens would probably grow up to have an intermediate body shape, not the Leghorn shape seen in California Whites.)

So would it be possible for it to have body like the Delaware. Would it be safe to say that I could sell them as a California white or a Delaware hybrid

 

[NatJ]

So would it be possible for it to have body like the Delaware.

Possible, but trying it will be the only way to know for sure.

Would it be safe to say that I could sell them as a California white or a Delaware hybrid

You could sell them as a Delaware hybrid.

California Whites are a cross of Leghorn and California Gray. Using a Delaware gives chickens that are different in several ways (probably including egg color, body shape, and size.) So even though the feather color is likely to match, I would not call them California Whites.