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My sex-link hens just started laying on Christmas day. This morning I fried two of their eggs that were laid yesterday, and there were a couple green spots on them once they were cooked. Did not smell or taste funny. The eggs had sat out in the cold for a good while before collecting and may...

Okay, so while I am anxious to share a picture of our pretty and unusual rooster, I won't be able to yet because I am a new member. Will post when I am able!

Ok so I downloaded a picture of our red rooster with white tail, but I can't figure out how to add a picture on this site.

Quote: Wow That is an incredibly beautiful bird!

Fred's Hens : Quote: Thanks for the info. Do you know if red sex-link males differ from in shade or color from the red sex link females? That is the whole point of "sex" "link". You link the color of the feathers at hatch to the sex. Sex Link. See bold text above. Best regards...

Fred's Hens : Rhode Island Reds never have any white, it is a major gig. So, in spite of what you were told, he isn't a RIR. He's likely a mix. Red Sex links are typically made by using a Red rooster over a silver(white) hen. There are more than few combinations of breeds that meet the...

WOW Big Daddy is quite the beautiful rooster! I see what you mean about his feathers. Jack is feathered like that right now, also. I don't know if it is just because he is young... Jack has much darker red, but our hens have similar coloring to your rooster. All of them came from a man in...

Quote: Thanks for the info! I will try to get a pic of our boy Jack up in the next couple days. I need to get batteries in the camera.

Rooster Ridge your avatar pic looks a lot like my rooster. Beautiful! Does anyone know if a mixed or sex-link rooster is typically fertile?

Oh, wow! There are so many possibilities as to what they are crossed with. Unfortunately, the girls had their beaks trimmed, but they seem to do fine in the eating department. Is there anything special I need to know about the care and feeding of hens who have had their beaks trimmed? I wish...

Also, can anyone help with the sex-link business? What kind of cross is it usually? We have 6 hens and the one rooster. My hens are light orangey with some scattered white markings, and he simply said they were sex link. They are already very docile but we are working to make them less afraid of...

Thanks! I will try to get to the point where I can post his picture. He is really pretty. Blue, what does "hen feathered" mean? Can you post a pic of your rooster so I can compare? Our guy's coloring is that really glossy dark red, but the tail feathers are white with black speckling. They tail...

Hi! JUst got our sexlink hens and a young red roo, and were told the rooster was a Rhode Island Red. However, he is dark red with a little white in the feathers unferneath his neck when he fluffs, and he has white tail feathers that are speckled with some black. I haven't seen any pics of RI...