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SUPPOSED to be a black sexlink?

post #1 of 5
4/1/12 at 7:04pm
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We'll just out of curiosity I was trying out the whole color sexing thing since this little chicken is supposed to be a sexlink.

 

But...I am confused. Isn't it like...if they have white like this one, it's a male? Because solid black means female?

Please educate me on this matter.

Sorry I don't have a better picture....But this little chicken(1week old) has white tips on the wings and a white belly/chest.

 

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Edited by dreamer5577 - 4/1/12 at 7:41pm
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post #2 of 5
4/1/12 at 7:11pm
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AND if this little one so happened to be a black sexlink mixed with something...how would the color sexing work then? Or would it be like sexing any other chickens...waiting for the egg or the crow?

 

THanks !

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post #3 of 5
4/2/12 at 10:25am
For a black sex link: if it has a white spot on its head = roo, no spot = pullet. If its a black sex link mixed with something else the color sexing won't work. You can't breed 2 sex links together and make the color sexing work. Since they aren't a true breed, they won't breed true.
I've got Bielefelders, Rhodebars, Cream Legbars, Black Sex Links, Buff Orpingtons, and a lone I Don't Know (packing peanut from greenfire).
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I've got Bielefelders, Rhodebars, Cream Legbars, Black Sex Links, Buff Orpingtons, and a lone I Don't Know (packing peanut from greenfire).
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post #4 of 5
4/22/12 at 8:57pm

how is this chick feathering in?  It sure doesn't look like it was a sexlink!

Liz, wife, mom to 4 boys and  "food lady" to a mix of mostly Ameraucanas & EE's with a few oddball breeds for fun. :) 

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Liz, wife, mom to 4 boys and  "food lady" to a mix of mostly Ameraucanas & EE's with a few oddball breeds for fun. :) 

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post #5 of 5
4/23/12 at 5:27am

I don't know what you breed, but it does look like my black sex links. If it is a sex link the males have a white spot on their heads and the females don't. But all my sex link chicks had white bellies as babies. It really does look like my sex links did as chicks. 

2 cats, 1 dog, 5 black sex links, 2 reds, 1 speckled sussex, and 5 silkies, 2 plymouth barred rocks, 2 buff orpingtons, 2 austalorps, 1 deleware, 2 EE's, 3 Mutts, 2 mixed roos, 2 golden laced,2 silver laced, and 2 blue cochins and 15 betta fish (so far), 1 little sister.

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2 cats, 1 dog, 5 black sex links, 2 reds, 1 speckled sussex, and 5 silkies, 2 plymouth barred rocks, 2 buff orpingtons, 2 austalorps, 1 deleware, 2 EE's, 3 Mutts, 2 mixed roos, 2 golden laced,2 silver laced, and 2 blue cochins and 15 betta fish (so far), 1 little sister.

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