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Jayare, I believe that both RIR and SLW should have yellow legs. I don't have either breed, so I don't know for certain. Anyway, I have no explanation for why the chicks would have any color legs other than yellow. I wish a real genetics guru would join our discussion... As far as the...

As to the sex linkage of the Silver gene... Here's how I understand it. Silver is dominant to gold. And the gene for silver/gold is located on the sex chromosome. A hen will have only one gene here, as she lacks the second sex chromosome, thus making her a hen, right? So a silver-based hen...

You know, that mystery chick does look a bit like my Daisy did. Here she is at around 3-4 weeks: (She's the one in front) and here she is now: Green legs, pea comb, lays a nice blue egg. Very pretty bird.

Jayare, Thanks for the pictures! With the RIRXSLW chicks, are the gold ones pullets and is the silver one a cockerel? I had forgotten that I read that Silver X Gold can produce sex linked chicks. Cool!

Thanks, Jayare, for the confirmation on the BOXRIR cross. I'm really only guessing on these! I'd love to see pics of the RIRXSLW cross, if you get a chance. I'm interested to see how much lacing comes through when there is only one laced parent. Sounds like it's more than I expected. And...

I don't have any pics of the crosses that you are interested in, but I'll take a guess at what you'll get. At the very least, I'm giving you a bump so someone else will see this post and hopefully have pics for you. BO X RIR: Offspring will be darker than Buff, lighter than red, perhaps with...