Sex- linked Information

[Chicken Flowers]

This 10 day old chick is a black sex-link. The father is Sumatra and the mother is Cuckoo Marans.
Is this chick pullet or cockerel?
There is kind of spot on the head, but it's not as visible as I had in other black sex-links. The wings don't seem to have real barring, just the tips are lighter.
On the 2nd picture, the new coming feathers on the top of the wings seem to be completely black.

 

[curious chickee]

This 10 day old chick is a black sex-link. The father is Sumatra and the mother is Cuckoo Marans. Is this chick pullet or cockerel? There is kind of spot on the head, but it's not as visible as I had in other black sex-links. The wings don't seem to have real barring, just the tips are lighter. On the 2nd picture, the new coming feathers on the top of the wings seem to be completely black.

Male, the females should look like a black copper marans at hatch. This chick is too light. And the tips are barred.

 

[curious chickee]

My EE black sex-link

 

[Chicken Flowers]

Sumatra rooster was either blue or splash. The chick looked blue when hatched too.

 

[curious chickee]

Sumatra rooster was either blue or splash. The chick looked blue when hatched too.

Blues/splash always make it more difficult to see the dot, but the wines still look like faint barring

 

[Chicken5555]

Hi. I was told that you can't use Polish to make red sexlinks. For example, Silver laced Polish hens with Red Leghorn. Is this true? If so, then why? Thanks.

 

[junebuggena]

Hi. I was told that you can't use Polish to make red sexlinks. For example, Silver laced Polish hens with Red Leghorn. Is this true? If so, then why? Thanks.

You were misinformed. The chicks from such a cross would be sexlinked. However, the differences in coloring might not be easily visible at hatching.

 

[donrae]

Sumatra rooster was either blue or splash. The chick looked blue when hatched too.

Some of us tried blue sex link projects a few years ago, and were similarly frustrated with lack of distinct head spots on blue chicks. I put my project on hold but may come back to try again.....I like the concept a lot, but I had the same problem with not being about to be 100% sure about gender.

 

[donrae]

Hi. I was told that you can't use Polish to make red sexlinks. For example, Silver laced Polish hens with Red Leghorn. Is this true? If so, then why? Thanks.

From Tim's first post in this thread.....(bold was his, not mine)

As a general rule, do not use autosomal barred birds ( Campine, Fayoumi, etc) or spangled birds ( Appenzeller, Hamburg, etc.) and laced Polish ( laced tail and single lacing). These birds carry the birchen allele which will not produce the down colors needed in a red sex linked cross.

 

[Chicken5555]

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Thank you for the info. So it would be difficult if not impossible for the fist few days, but by one to two weeks old would I be able to tell males from females?