We have Red Sex Links hens (27) and a Australorp Roo. We're thinking about letting the Roo go with the hens (hence we may get chicks).
Has anyone ever crossed these two breed? What did you end up with?
So since I ended up with an Australorp rooster and 3 hens, and 6 RSL hens, I'm wondering what kind of chicks I'll get from the link crossing with the Aussie. I believe (but am not certain since I didn't get the hatchery's information) that my RSLs are Cinnamon Queens, which are a...
Okay, so when I got my chicks, I tried to make sure they were all hens. But I have one that is growing a comb and all that way before the others. I got the black ones as a mystery breed.
They are almost 7 weeks old, but not quite. I have red sex links, CornishXRocks, and the black ones.
The...
I'm from Delaware, from Kent but living in Sussex.
This is my first time raising chickens, or birds of any kind, or any animals of my own (except a few dogs and a guinea pig that weren't entirely mine). I took animal classes (in the agriculture high school pathway and for pre-vet) so I...
I guess they weren't labeled and they didn't want to call the hatchery.
They're so adorable though. I bought 4 meat birds (cornish henxrock crosses, I think. not really important. They grow really fast though.) and 4 of these. And got 6 red sex links today, of which I wish I knew the parent...