Sex link?

[LaurenRitz]

Would a Bielefelder rooster and a Black Australorp hen make a sexlink? Bielefelder is barred, I think? OR A Biel and a Jersey Giant?

 

[LikeTurkeys]

Unfortunately no. The barring gene from the Bielefelder will pass to both male and female offspring, making them look identical at hatch. To make a sex link cross, you need a solid colored male and a barred female.

You can expect chicks that look a lot like barred rocks, since the extended black from the Jersey Giant or Black Australorp will mask any color underneath.

 

[LaurenRitz]

K. Thanks. So the female has to be barred. I have a set of Biel x Dominique roosters. I assume as adults the Biel x Black Australorp chicks will look something like them? Heavily barred, perhaps darkly barred, with hints of red.