About sexlinks

[NatJ]

So like RiR rooster with White Rock hen?

Sometimes yes. Although it's also possible to get a White Rock who does not work, because there are several different combinations of genes that can produce an all-white chicken.

I've read that Rhode Island White hens are often used to produce sexlinked chicks with Rhode Island Red roosters.

The commercial producers can use all-white hens because they are careful about the genetics. But if you don't know the background of the chickens, a silver columbian hen should always work. That would include Light Brahma, Columbian Wyandotte, Delware (who is barred silver columbian) and quite a few others.

 

[Ridgerunner]

@garfieldGeorgia thanks, a very interesting video. But I could not come up with any clue why they had red hens with white roosters. Right where they showed that shot they were talking about two month olds. The chickens in that shot look a lot older than two months old unless they were meat birds and meat birds should all be white. I'm still mystified.

 

[NatJ]

@garfieldGeorgia thanks, a very interesting video. But I could not come up with any clue why they had red hens with white roosters.

Maybe they are making these:
https://www.dominant-cz.cz/en/programs/brown-shell/detail/129/dominant-amber-d843
Or these:
https://www.dominant-cz.cz/en/programs/cream-coloured/detail/138/dominant-tinted-d723

Both of those have white roosters and red hens to produce chicks that are mostly-white in both genders (so not color-sexable, but they have specifically bred them to be feather-sexable.)
I think one or the other of those mixes is what gets sold as "Amberlinks."

(This is based on seeing the screenshot but not watching the video.)

 

[garfieldGeorgia]

Maybe they are making these:



https://www.dominant-cz.cz/en/programs/brown-shell/detail/129/dominant-amber-d843



Or these:



https://www.dominant-cz.cz/en/programs/cream-coloured/detail/138/dominant-tinted-d723







Both of those have white roosters and red hens to produce chicks that are mostly-white in both genders (so not color-sexable, but they have specifically bred them to be feather-sexable.)



I think one or the other of those mixes is what gets sold as "Amberlinks."







(This is based on seeing the screenshot but not

Well cackle hatchery uses the Delaware for hens to make the red sex links.
Interestingly, it seems the Rhode Island Red crossed with Rhode Island White creates the cinnamon queen. The hens are red with white in some areas, while the roosters are a completely different color.

watching the video.)