I think the subject pretty much sums up my question. Can you get sex-link chicks from breeding RIR or NHR roos with a White Leghorn hen? Or with they just be mixed? Are they a good mix? Thanks
Does a RIR/NHR roo x White Leghorn give you sex-link chicks or mutts?
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A first cross between a RIR male on a White Leghorn female does not usually give sex linked offspring. I imagine the females would be good layers.
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While Google searching for answers I found a few pictures of the crosses. I didn't know if they were red sex links or if they even had a name. They were red and white mixed feathers. Looked kind of like a red star.
While Google searching for answers I found a few pictures of the crosses. I didn't know if they were red sex links or if they even had a name. They were red and white mixed feathers. Looked kind of like a red star.
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Some of the production red types have been made out of using RIR X Rhode Island White they are red & white. the females being mostly red with some white& the males, I believe are white with some red.
A sexlink for rate of feather growth can be done using White Leghorn males on RIR females. If you do a search on sex links by feather you will probably find pictures showin the difference between males & females.
A sexlink for rate of feather growth can be done using White Leghorn males on RIR females. If you do a search on sex links by feather you will probably find pictures showin the difference between males & females.
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I have 2 RIR and 4 NHR roos. A guy I'm getting 10 RIR hens from tommorow also had 15 white leghorns. Just was wondering how they will turn out.
They would be a sort of production red, but I think you need to cross with a white rock (and maybe a few other breeds) to get a true red sex-link, where the hens are red, roos are white. It would be a good cross for a dual purpose bird.
The cross can be feather sexed. You can not produce color sex linked crosses from a RIR X leghorn. Take a look at the following;
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=216606
Tim
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=216606
Tim
For rate of feather growth sex links, the male needs to be a breed with the with rapid feather growth gene (k+), such as leghorn & the female needs to be a breed with the slower feather growth gene (K) such as RIR.
This link show pictures of both sexes.
http://animalsciences.missouri.edu/...ri.edu/reprod/ReproTech/Feathersex/sld001.htm
This link show pictures of both sexes.
http://animalsciences.missouri.edu/...ri.edu/reprod/ReproTech/Feathersex/sld001.htm
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either way sex-links are still mutts...since you cross breeds...
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