Buff Orpington and Barred Rock cross...is it a sex link?

Criskin · Jan 28, 2010

This chick is offspring of my Buff Orpington roo and Barred Rock Hen. I was under the impression that their offspring could be sexed by sight but I'm a little confused with this one. It is definitely a unique color but it doesn't look like it will be barred (or at least not like the mother looked when she was a fuzzybutt). Am I safe to assume it is a she? Or am I completely off?

This is the father King Louis.

This is the mother Esme.

And here is the chick.

Yard full o' rocks · Jan 28, 2010

According to the chicken color calculator the males will be black BARRED, the females will be solid black. Will probably take a little while before you can tell if the chick will be barred or not.

Here is the link to the calculator

http://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm

RAREROO · Jan 28, 2010

Yes it is a Sexlinked pullet, I have done this cross before, mine were a bit darker, but Tala on her has also do the cross and hers were lighter brown looking like the one you have pictured, but here are my results from a Buff Orp roo on Barred Rock hens.

Dayold pullets

Day old roos

5 wk pullet

5 wk roo

5 mos

Criskin · Jan 28, 2010

Thanks Rareroo! I'm already awfully attached to the little mite so it is nice to know that not only will I be able to keep her but also that she will grow up to be such a pretty bird. Thanks for sharing your pictures! It is so neat to know what she may look like!

rocks3flowers · May 13, 2015

do you believe this would work with a buff rock hen.?

donrae · May 13, 2015

rocks3flowers said:
do you believe this would work with a buff rock hen.?

Nope. You need the sex link barring on the hen. A buff rooster over a buff hen will simply give all buff chicks.

chickenlickin8 · May 13, 2015

Pretty birds. Any idea what a buff/RIR cross looks like?

donrae · May 13, 2015

Crossing a buff and a red bird seems to give a light reddish orange colored chick most of the time.

rocks3flowers · May 14, 2015

buff rock roosters & barred rock hen? the whole sex link thing is so confusing to me. Iv bin reading about it for 2 days now. I have barred rocks white rocks and buff rocks. are there any sex link types to make.

donrae · May 14, 2015

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information

Have you read this? You can ignore the pages and pages, all the good info is on Tim's first post.

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