Hi everyone!! I have a bit of an interesting situation with some EEs I just hatched out. The father is my wheaten Ameraucana and the mother is a SLW. I think I may have hatched out some sex linked chicks! I would love a second opinion on this, as I'm not 100% sure about them yet, but it stands to reason that a gold based roo over silver based hens would produce silver based roos and gold based hens, correct? I took some pics to show you what I'm dealing with:
This is one of the suspected females. Note the well defined chipmunk markings and eyeliner, as well as the brown in "her" down:
And here is one of the suspected males. Not really any eyeliner, blurry chipmunk pattern, and no brown in "his" down:
So what do you all think? Did I accidentally create sex linked chicks? They certainly look that way to me, but I'm definitely not an expert, so I'd love to know what you think of them. It would be great to know what I've got as soon as they hatch, though!!
This is one of the suspected females. Note the well defined chipmunk markings and eyeliner, as well as the brown in "her" down:
And here is one of the suspected males. Not really any eyeliner, blurry chipmunk pattern, and no brown in "his" down:
So what do you all think? Did I accidentally create sex linked chicks? They certainly look that way to me, but I'm definitely not an expert, so I'd love to know what you think of them. It would be great to know what I've got as soon as they hatch, though!!