We were told it's gold sexlink when we bought her as baby chick, but she definitely doesn't look like any other gold sexlinks I have seen. She's 4.5 months and not laying yet, anyone know what breed she is.
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I don't have any pics taken around 18 week. But the first pic was taken at around 10 weeks and the 2nd pic was taken 16 week. It does look like the tail feathers were pointy at that time.
First time raising black sexlinks and I have learnt that barred ones are roosters. Does anyone know if the barred can be female?? I got this one when she was only three days old and she was solid black at that time.Thanks!
Attached is photo taken today, she is 4.5 months old.
We bought these two as day old baby chicks two months ago. We were told the black one is black sexlink and grey one is production blue.
The black one seems aggressive these days and I've learnt that black sexlink hens should be solid black, so is it a rooster of other breed?
The grey one...
I'm in Seattle, WA. I bought all these four at a local feed store. The store owner did say there is 10% chance that the sexlink might turn out to be a rooster. I attached another two photos of the black sexlink. What do you think?
Thank you a lot.
Thank you very much for the reply. Very helpful information.
Which one do you think might be a rooster? These four were all hatched the first week of April. The one staying far from the corner is production blue (which I don't see quite mentioned in my research), and the three in the corner...
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