Red sex link chickens

[JosieMaeChickens]

Looking for advice on getting started breeding our own red sex link chicks. We currently have Golden Comets and enjoy them very much. We are looking to breed either Golden Comets or ISA Browns. The internet is confusing on what the parents should be. Some say RIR rooster with White Leghorn hen while others says New Hamshire with White Rock hen to make the Golden Comet. Looking for advice, especially if you have breed or currently breed red sex links. Thank you!

 

[nuthatched]

As long as the sire is red and the dam is white, you should have red sex links.
hatcheries have their own recipes for things.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Leghorns can be tricky to use as the white bird because they tend to hide other genes if they're just hatchery stock

 

[JosieMaeChickens]

As long as the sire is red and the dam is white, you should have red sex links.
hatcheries have their own recipes for things.

Ok thanks that’s kinda what I was understanding too. I just wanted to make sure I had the right crosses and called the offspring by the right name.

 

[JosieMaeChickens]

Leghorns can be tricky to use as the white bird because they tend to hide other genes if they're just hatchery stock

Where do you find the best chicks? I’ve only bought from hatcheries or hatched our own.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Where do you find the best chicks? I’ve only bought from hatcheries or hatched our own.

Best chicks of leghorns or sexlinks?

 

[JosieMaeChickens]

Best chicks of leghorns or sexlinks?

Leghorns

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Leghorns

Probably just fond a breeder that actually knows the genetics of their birds more than A+B=C and also has good egg production. Honestly you're almost certainly better just doing a hatchery version of a different white bird

 

[JosieMaeChickens]

Probably just fond a breeder that actually knows the genetics of their birds more than A+B=C and also has good egg production. Honestly you're almost certainly better just doing a hatchery version of a different white bird

Do you have a suggestion on a white bird with high production rates that could be ordered from hatchery that would work?

 

[Rurumo]

Do you have a suggestion on a white bird with high production rates that could be ordered from hatchery that would work?

The Hatcheries use Rhode Island Whites or White Rocks for a lot of sex links, like the Cinnamon Queens and Golden Comets.