Golden Sex Link

One of my two GSL will call the rest of my mixed flock to roost every night. if they are late she will go to the run and call them in. They let me pick them up but are a little skittish . They are the least excepting of my younger birds probable because they are the top of pecking order in my flock. Overall good choice.

Finally she is getting a lot friendlier. She has calmed down a lot.

2 golds

I have a Buff Orphington, Blue Laced Red Wyandotte, and a sex-link (Spicy). In the beginning she was more on the wild and aggressive side (hence Spicy), but is now the best hen in the bunch. The other two are skiddish and don't like to be held (contrary to reviews), but she knows the routine and pretty much runs the show.

Updated 10/16 - Still my favorite hen in the bunch. She is a solid layer of decent sized brown eggs. Always friendly and will come up to me for treats or to be held. She's curious and has her nose in everything. Such a great personality.

I find these girls to be wonderful hens.... great temperment and excellent brown egg layers

Hendrix and Yolko have been the best hens. They started laying at 4 months and kept laying even through their first molt. Both took short breaks during their second molt, but picked back up again after. Both hens laid for over 2 years and Yolko has now been laying for over 2 1/2 years. They are very docile and do not mind being handled for health checks or curious children. Great breed!

This is my first time for chickens. I bought four and are 4 weeks now. This one is one of the sweetest.

They are the cutest things.

These have been my favorite all around hens. These girls are excellent layers in our hot Texas climate and quite hardy. Our favorite hen "Butterscotch" was bit by a rattle snake just below the eye. We thought for sure we would loose her. Her face swelled up the size of a baseball and turned purple. She quit eating for more than a week and quit laying eggs for over a month. After a week the swelling begin to decrease. She then had a quirk where she would twist her neck in a twitch for several weeks. She continually improved until we could re-introduce her to the flock where she quickly integrated back to the top of the pecking order. Oddly her top beak begin to grow at a somewhat accelerated rate and she appeared to be blind in one eye. Eventually she regained her sight but was loosing weight as she was having trouble picking up her food. We realized she needed her beak trimmed. We have been trimming here beak about once every three weeks ever since. She eats well, looks great, just went through her second molt and is still our best layer. Oh by the way she is one of our friendliest hens. She comes running when we go the the chicken yard and holds very still when we pick her up to trim her beak. It is almost as though she appreciates it. She lays the biggest brown eggs almost daily. We love our golden sex links.

Im new to chicken ownership so ive been trying to fing the type of breed i have, they seem to look like these. Anyway i have 3 girls got them at 16 weeks they are now abround 19 weeks two are brown with the white feathers mixed inbetween and the other has no white she is a darker brown, who knows. But they warm up quickly have not layed yet but follow me around and come up o the verander, even two came in the kitchen the other day im supprised how quickly they have become comfortable. The darker brown one seems to be more scared i think she use to get picked on, but when they are fully grown im sure they will be great pets.

docile. good layer

I recently did some math to see if our five Golden Comets were earning their keep. During the summer I got five eggs per day, every day, and in the winter with no additional lighting I still got four. Assuming they produced an average of 31 eggs per week, that's 124 per month and 1488 per year! Considering a dozen eggs at the grocery store are about three dollars, that's at least $372 in eggs from five hens. It cost maybe $120 to feed them for a year. So these ladies saved us $250 dollars, or $50/each.

Plus, they're really pleasant birds. Ours free-range and are very good at foraging. They like to run up to me if I set foot outside, just in case I'm bringing them a treat, and they form a little posse to follow me around the property. Just awesome birds all around, and I'd recommend them to first time owners or those in the egg business with no hesitation.

I had an amazing GSL for 10-months. I don't know how old she was at purchase. It's because of her that I'm chicken-addicted. She's gone now, but we miss her personality as much as the 7-jumbo-sized eggs-per-week. (Maybe more). She was the lead hen....and yet she was never aggressive the others just knew she was in charge.

In one stretch she laid 106 consecutive days, took a day off, and began laying again. .

GSLs are simply amazing birds. They can incorporate everything a chicken should be IMO.

I have 6 of these Golden Comets. They are great layers. It is February and cold here and they are averaging 4-5 eggs a day. Summer should be even better. They are friendly, non aggressive, and very curious. They don't peck or harass each other. I really love watching them interact with each other, the family pets, and myself. When they were young I had a hard time getting them to go back into their run after being in the yard for a bit. I came to understand the meaning of the phrase "like herding chickens". Now that they are older they follow me like I'm their mother. Some may find it annoying but I love it when they gather around me and peck my shoelaces, pant cuffs, and just about anything else on me that they find curious or delicious looking!

At just 20 weeks old, Beauty fought off a hawk. She had the help of her 3 "sisters," but I watched most of it go down, and she was certainly the toughest. What a hardy girl! She was so young, but within just a week of the attack, she seemed to thrive more than ever. I could be reading more into this chicken than I should, but after her initial shock, she came away from the experience with a new confident strut, grew a lot in size, and her comb and waddle deepened in color, size and vibrancy. She's not my friendliest chicken, but she puts up with being picked up for a snuggle with tea. I like her independence and I'd recommend her hybrid self to anyone.

Our Golden Sex Link started laying at 17 weeks. She laid 4 double yolkers her first week, then two more a few weeks later. She has laid every single day since she started except for 2 days in 7 months, Her regular eggs are larger than the jumbo size ones at the store, and they are a darkish reddish brown, really nice color. She is not aggressive, but one of the top hens in the pecking order. She just has an air about her, the others bow to her, but she is not mean at all. She comes to me when I call her, and is very curious about people and quite friendly. We have been very pleased with her. I have heard these burn out faster than others, I have not had her that long so I could not say. But so far she has been great! She is by far the best layer we have. She lays her egg very predictably 1 hour after the lights come on every single morning, we have supplemented light for winter.

I have 5 Golden Sex Linked hens that I purchased here when 7 weeks old. They started laying right about 6 1/2 mos old. Consistently get 4 eggs per day from 5 hens. Eggs are golden brown and large. Hens are smaller than my White Plymouth Rock but eggs are same size. Tolerate Alaska's cold weather with a small radiant heater in coop and still laying when -10 degrees and inside coop is below 0 (water freezes if not plugged in).