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No, sex linking is only good for one generation (red roo x white/silver hen). Sex Link chickens do not breed true. The offspring of a sex link bird or even 2 sex link birds will not be sex link (you will not be able to sex the chicks by color at hatching).

You might want to breed some both ways. NH x BR for superior egg production and BO x BR for slightly more meat production.

True enough.

An NH male will work as well as an RIR male for producing BSLs (both will be a better laying cross than a BO x BR). Just ask the hatcheries who breed BSLs.

That is of course strictly up to you and your idea about sex-linked offspring is a feasible one. Just keep in mind that your BO/BR offspring will likely lay less eggs than your BR does, although it could not happen that way. When you cross a RIR rooster with a BR hen, you get Black Sex Links...

I've been raising Black Australorps for a number of years and typically get 5 eggs per week per hen with an occasional hen giving me 6 or 7 in a week. The Barred Rock hens that I've had have given me about 3-4 eggs per week per hen. This is pretty consistent with the egg production charts...

You could go that direction, or you could just get some Black Australorps (which were originally bred by crossing Orpingtons). They have the same calm, gentle personality of the Orpingtons and will outlay either your Orpingtons or your Barred Rocks. They dress out nicely as full-bodied dual...