As before I have a Speckled Sussex rooster. I also have a Dominique hen and a barred EE hen (marked just like the Dominique but lays green eggs and has a cushion comb). They give me black chicks and black chicks with yellow head dots. Those are also sex links correct? Yellow dot roos, no dots...
Yep, I am sure they are from the CS girls. I set another batch after this and made 100% certain that other eggs ended up in there and I ended up with 3 yellow and 6 red chicks this time.
Yay! Glad to know what I am getting now, I think. I hope it doesn't mean I am going to get stuck with a...
okay, I believe I have created sexlinks? My roo is a Speckled Sussex and I own 3 Coronation Sussex. Last hatch I got one odd colored chick I didn't expect (didn't realize my CS were laying yet, all other chicks were chipmunked as they were SS or SS/CLB) and just thought I accidentally set a RSL...
I don't actually own the CS yet. and I don't really have the grow out apace to see if the colors show true to gender. Or it is automatic if red/buff female yellow/silver male.
hmm, I wish you were 100% certain LOL I can only have so many chickens and I hate to get them and they don't work. Well I shouldn't say I would hate it, I love my chickens regardless, but hubby likes the idea of having sex links to sell to help cover the feed bill. We intend to hold back the...
yes, I did, the CS is not listed on the chart. However, what I was reading about the CS is that is "like" the light Sussex, just grey in color instead of black. But I cannot find anything to show if they will still create a sex-link.