I know this is a sex link site but there is some very informed people on genetics. So thought I would ask. I read somewhere that a Delaware is a mix between a New Hampshire red and a barred Plymouth Rock. Would it be possible to possible to produce a Delaware with a white Plymouth if the...
And the roo ,thought I had this pic in the last post. I work on a/c and heating for a living not breed chickens. when I purchased the two breeds I thought i would produce a golden sex link chicken. I was hoping to raise my own hens for eggs and Roos for meat. Didn't really want to give it this...
Here are some pictures of the last chicks I set I know they are still to young to tell.
But here is a picture of what I would call barred chicken that was hatched on Christmas Day by the same roo and hens. He looked identical to the other chicks when he was hatched.
I did do some experimenting with breeding Sex-Links. They do not breed true so you will not get a true Sex-Link, however the female chicks will be very good layers and males are good to eat.
Thanks cmom. I was trying to be self sufficient on raising hens for eggs and Roos for meat. Instead of...
Before I seperated the rocks w/ the roo. I had them mixed with some sex link hen hens. When I incubated the mix of eggs I got a lot of chicks that had the sex link coloring(the correct coloring was chicks from the sex link hens) Do you know if the sex link hens would produce eggs as...
I've purchased them on line. And when I got them all the rocks had that grayish tint. Did you hatch out any eggs yet? I've hatched out 34 out of 41 and all were barred.
Thanks, I did read it I just thought the odds with 8 hen and 1 roo I would of ended up with at least one of them that was a sex link. Unless it was there was a problem with my roo. Now I wish I would of found this link before I purchased my hens. I guess I should have done more homework. (...
I purchased 5 New Hampshire red roosters and 10 white Plymouth Rock hens. Because of predators I'm down to 1 roo and 8 hens. I'm trying to produce golden sex links. But when the chicks hatched they were all barred. Does any one have any suggestion to wether the problem is with the genes of the...
Can anyone tell me what type of bantam rooster and the tan colored hen is? I just got them and the guy told me they were a pure breed. But he didn't know the breed. I found that odd but I still liked the way they looked so I bought them anyway. I know the grey hen is a mix.
Can anyone tell me what type of bantam rooster and the tan colored hen is? I just got them and the guy told me they were a pure breed. But he didn't know the breed. I found that odd but I still liked the way they looked so I bought them anyway. I know the grey hen is a mix.