oh thats what sex-linked means. We'll in the end that is what my DH wants good layers of nice brown eggs. I guess we'll try things and see I have the Barred roo over Red Rock and over RIR in the bator right now so it will be only 19 more days. I just hope I get some out of that dozen.
Thanks all;)
Wow!!!! and I thought this was going to be easy just throw this roster with this hen and it should be game on bang you get what your hoping for guess not LOL so I take it it wont work to get the crossed roo with the crossed hen then?
So if I was to breed this do I have to have the red roo over the barred rock hens or can I go barred rock roo over RIR hen ( I have the hens already and only 2 years old)? If not would it work to just order the mix from the hatchery and breed cross to cross will that work? I have know idea how...
The hens are Black with red /gold feathers running down the chest. I will try to get a photo up when I can I don't know if I'm aloud give a link to the hatchery I ordered from if I can't please someone let me know and I'll edit this post.......www.rochesterhatchery.com if you look under egg...
So I have just started in the chicken thing. I have found my breed of choice for myself but my DH wants a breed for him too. He really liked the Red Rock cross chicks we ordered from the local hatchery three years ago and would like to get more. I on the other hand love incubating ( even though...