2 Strikes for Gretchen?

Gretchen was supposed to be a Gold Sex Link pullet... I'm pretty positive she's not a she, and I think the breed might be wrong too. The 3 other chicks purchased at the same time are all pullets and showing sex link coloring.

I'm just getting a handle on the sex link coloring phenomenon, so it's entirely possible I have this wrong...but my understanding is a male GSL should be a white chick? Gretchen (and yes, my daughter is insisting the name not be changed) looked just like 3 other GSLs we got, which is why I'm suspecting a different breed.

Any thoughts/ideas? Corrections/improvements to my understanding? lol

Unfortunately Gretchen is probably a he. I'm not a pro on sex-linked traits so I can't say for sure on breed.

Looks like he's a gold sexlink cockerel.

tjwillis50 said:

Gretchen was supposed to be a Gold Sex Link pullet... I'm pretty positive she's not a she, and I think the breed might be wrong too. The 3 other chicks purchased at the same time are all pullets and showing sex link coloring.

I'm just getting a handle on the sex link coloring phenomenon, so it's entirely possible I have this wrong...but my understanding is a male GSL should be a white chick? Gretchen (and yes, my daughter is insisting the name not be changed) looked just like 3 other GSLs we got, which is why I'm suspecting a different breed.

Any thoughts/ideas? Corrections/improvements to my understanding? lol

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I see three gold sexlink pullets in this picture, and one gold sexlink male on the far left. He was paler yellow than the warm golden color or the pullets.

junebuggena said:

Looks like he's a gold sexlink cockerel.

tjwillis50 said:

Gretchen was supposed to be a Gold Sex Link pullet... I'm pretty positive she's not a she, and I think the breed might be wrong too. The 3 other chicks purchased at the same time are all pullets and showing sex link coloring. I'm just getting a handle on the sex link coloring phenomenon, so it's entirely possible I have this wrong...but my understanding is a male GSL should be a white chick? Gretchen (and yes, my daughter is insisting the name not be changed) looked just like 3 other GSLs we got, which is why I'm suspecting a different breed. Any thoughts/ideas? Corrections/improvements to my understanding? lol

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I see three gold sexlink pullets in this picture, and one gold sexlink male on the far left. He was paler yellow than the warm golden color or the pullets.

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X2 Golden sex link cockerels are white, while the pullets are golden.

Huh...now that you point it out, I can see a slight difference. I guess I was expecting a greater difference in color. Here's to learning!