Buff Orpington x Barred Rock results (pics)

[CalicoFarm]

Just thought I would post a pic of the results of my BOxBR cross. They are sex-linked. I'll post better pics when I get them and as they mature. The roos have the white dots on there head. (That is a white silkie in there to

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[RAREROO]

Hi everyone

I have done this cross also

here are mine at 4 wks. They are a little older now but basicly the same color.

This is a pullet.

And this is a roo.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

For those of you wanting to see photos of the Barred Rock X Buff Orpington (where the Barred Rock is the male side of the cross), go here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1309918#p1309918

I am too lazy to post them again.

A recent one of the silver hens from that cross:

 

[Anethema]

We finally got settled to the point that this is exactly the sex linked cross I’m looking for. These are my two favourite breeds. I found a nice roo(tho his tail is very lacking but he’s absolutely massive). And our BR hens are very chunky and 1 egg/day/hen most of 365 days a year.

Should be an interesting mix I can’t wait to see what they produce. And the convince of sex linking sounds fantastic.

Edit:It is hard to see scale but that feeder is like 1.5-2 feet high. These are the biggest chickens I have ever owned by far.

 

[CalicoFarm]

I got a couple of quick updated pics today. The chicks are 11 days old today. I'm going to keep them, I want to see how the hens lay when they get older. I had some black sex-links a few years back that laid HUGE eggs. They always looked like they were double yokers but were not. The ones I have now just lay large eggs. These chicks seem to be bigger than what the other sex links were, and they are super sweet also, very friendly. If anyone would like to try some, I have lots of extra eggs. I'll send them out for the price of shipping/materials.
Roo

Pullet

Pullet

 

[Chickaddict44]

Here is my 4.5 month old pullet, Ellie. Buff orpington rooster x barred rock hen.

 

[Krys109uk]

In my experience, buffs when crossed with blacks (or black based colours) often seem to have chicks which have a lot of colour coming through on the chest & front of the bird with a lot of the black being pushed towards the back of the bird.

 

[RAREROO]

Settler'sDreamFarm :

Does it matter which bird is male and which is female?

Yes it does.

Use a Buff Orp. roo on Barred Rock hens​

 

[Geneticsnut]

I've been working on these Buff Barred Rocks for six or seven years and have this to show for it. The problem is that the hens don't express the barring as well as the roosters. There is no Orp. in them, however there is White Rock and R.I.R. in them. Thought some of you might be interested.

 

[morbius18]

Not a barred rock, but a golden cuckoo marans over a buff orpington. I hatched one baby. Roo and hen with the baby.

Close ups at 2 1/2 months old. I though it was a she, but im seeing wattles now. The marans you can tell at 2 weeks old.