Cross Breeding Experts needed.

Chicken Ducks said:

I have a barred rock roo and about 6 or 7 hens. Im wondering, is there a way to tell what hen each chicky came from.

I have 1 x RIR
1 X RIW
1 X ISA BROWN
1 X LIGHT SUSSEX.

Any ideas what they will look like or how to sex them?

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shortgrass said:

I'm curious too, but my mix is the other way lol, a Red Star roo over BR hens...

I THINK that the barring would pass to the chicks, but they would have Red barring instead...

@donrae do you have some genetic genious input?

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Farrier said:

shortgrass said:

I'm curious too, but my mix is the other way lol, a Red Star roo over BR hens...

I THINK that the barring would pass to the chicks, but they would have Red barring instead...

@donrae do you have some genetic genious input?

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Only your male chicks will be barred, as the BR hens can only pass the barring gene to male offspring. I have no idea as to colour though!

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Farrier said:

You shouldn't have much more than 50% barred over all, assuming you don't hatch all roos!

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Chicken Ducks said:

I have a barred rock roo and about 6 or 7 hens. Im wondering, is there a way to tell what hen each chicky came from.

I have 1 x RIR
1 X RIW
1 X ISA BROWN
1 X LIGHT SUSSEX.

Any ideas what they will look like or how to sex them?

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shortgrass said:

Oh! Ha gotcha lol


Edit* wait...??? What? It's 4 am here, and I'm really having a brain fog...why wouldn't any if the females be barred?.... If anything, I'm NOT derailing the thread, but helping the OP by asking a bunch of questions?


So by that, would the OPs chicks have no barring at all? Or still just onlybthe males?

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RavynFallen said:

Chicken Ducks said:

I have a barred rock roo and about 6 or 7 hens. Im wondering, is there a way to tell what hen each chicky came from.

I have 1 x RIR
1 X RIW
1 X ISA BROWN
1 X LIGHT SUSSEX.

Any ideas what they will look like or how to sex them?

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I have no idea what they'll look like, but you won't be able to sex them from hatch... sex-link with barred only works if the hens are barred... if roo is barred then all chicks will inherit barring...

shortgrass said:

Oh! Ha gotcha lol


Edit* wait...??? What? It's 4 am here, and I'm really having a brain fog...why wouldn't any if the females be barred?.... If anything, I'm NOT derailing the thread, but helping the OP by asking a bunch of questions?


So by that, would the OPs chicks have no barring at all? Or still just onlybthe males?

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Hens only pass their barring to their sons... roos pass their barring to all offspring... so OP's chicks can't be sexed at hatch, but yours can... male chicks will be barred, female chicks will not...

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Farrier said:

You will be making sex links. Barred rock males carry two copies of the barring gene (hence their "lighter" colour) whilst the hens only carry one copy, which can only be inherited my her male offspring. This is essentially how black sex links are made, but I am not sure if your chicks will be the standard BSL colours. You will be able to sex the chicks at hatch (males will have a white head spot) unless any of them turn out white.

OP is using the opposite cross so all chicks will carry one copy of the barring gene, and will not be sex linked.

It's 2pm here in Kuwait!

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