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If you breed Red Sex Links under any label (Hyline Brown, Bovans Goldline, Red Star, Golden Comet, Cinnamon Queen, Golden Buff, Isa Brown, etc., you will just get mixed breeds (barnyard mutts) as Red Sex Links are hybrids that will not breed true. The offspring will probably be good layers, but...

You can cross them with a rooster of any good laying breed and probably have good laying offspring, however the offspring will likely not be the egg laying machines their Red Sex Link (Hyline Brown) mothers are.

No, you didn't offend me in any way. I though I had answered your question, but I see you were asking about Rhode Island White roosters, not hens. RIW roosters can be crossed with any breed, but doing so will not give you Red Sex Links, just a mixed breed. It has to be the RIW hen crossed with a...

You're welcome. As I became more utilitarian over the years, my interest in I had an interest in commercial hybrids grew and I spent a considerable amount of time researching them, searching for the best egg layers possible.

To get Hy-Line Browns, you need to cross a Rhode Island Red with a Light Sussex hen. Golden Comets and Cinnamon Queens are almost an identical cross. To get Cinnamon Queens you need to cross a pure Rhode Island Red rooster with a Rhode Island White hen. To get Golden Comets you need to cross a...

You're welcome. LS is Light Sussex and WL is White Leghorn. I've raised Red Sex Links with various silver gene hens over the years (Rhode Island White, White Rock, Delaware, Silver Laced Wyandotte, and Light Sussex) as well as Black Sex Links (RIR rooster X Barred Rock hen) and they all are no...

Hy-Line is a company brand name, not the name of a specific cross. Hy-Line produces a number of different strains and crosses for commercial egg laying purposes. They call their specific Red Sex Link, which is produced by crossing a RIR roo X LS hen a "Hy-Line Brown." They also produce an RIR...

I meant to say, "Rhode Island Red roosters with Light Sussex hens." Sorry for the typo. :o)

Hy-Line Browns are a Red Sex Link produced by crossing Rhode Island Reds rooster with Light Sussex hens.