Anyone cross a silver laced Wyandotte hen with a Barred Rock roo?

[JuliB]

Gotcha. Breeding sex links and understanding their offspring is hard for me. Least right now bc they are new to me. So a sex link rooster mates with a sapphire gem and a silver lace Wyandotte would end up as what? Thank you for clarifying

With a sex link there are MANY possibilities, dependent on what the rooster used in the crossing is.
hypothetically a barred rock hen and a RIR rooster gives you solid black females, and single barred black males

but then, if we take that rooster and breed him to a silver laced wyandott, there are MANY possible offspring.

 

[JuliB]

So a nitty gritty explanation of black sex link genetics. Bear with me. I will keep it as short and sweet as possible but there are lots of things at play.

In humans, females are XX and males are XY. The male is responsible for selecting gender. The female can only give an x. The male gives an x or a y which determines whether a boy or a girl is born.

in birds, females are YZ and males are YY. The female is the one that determines gender. The male can only give a y, and the hen gives either a y (resulting in a cockerel) or a z (resulting in a pullet). This is important.

jumping over to barring. The gene for barring is dominant. If a single copy of the gene is present, the bird will show barring/cuckoo pattern. If two copies are present, you get the crisper “double bars” of a male barred rock. The gene for barring will never “hide”. If it is there at all, you will see it.(assuming dominant white isn’t in play, but that’s a whole other

Here’s the kicker. The barring gene lives on the Y from above, so a hen can only ever have a single copy because she only has one Y to give. A purebred barred rock rooster should always have two copies of the barring gene (one on each of his Y chromosomes).

Black sex links are created by breeding a barred hen to a solid male. The male will give a Y chromosome without the barring gene, because he is solid and doesn’t have one to give. The barred female will give either the Y or the Z chromosome. If she gives the Y, the offspring is male. It also possesses a single copy of the barring gene. One Y with bars from his mother, one Y without bars from his father. If the hen gives a z chromosome, the offspring is female. The barring gene cannot occur on the z chromosome, so the offspring is always solid.

the resulting barred sex link rooster has one Y with the gene for barring, and one Y without the gene for barring. It is literally a coin toss which one his offspring will get. It will pop up in both genders half of the time.

clear as mud, right

 

[Kimi BK]

We have an egg that's due to hatch in a few days that is supposed to be from this cross. The Wyandotte laid it and the only roo this person has is a Barred Rock. I was just curious what the cross might look like.

i know this is an old post, but do you have any pictures of what this cross looked like growing up or as an adult?

 

[MountainMarans2012]

Seen your post and was wondering the same if I crossed my Barred Cochin Rooster x Silver-Laced Cochin Hen what would this cross make a mess or Barred Cochin's?

 

[Wendee]

This is my silver Wyandotte Roo and Barred rock chick.

 

[MountainMarans2012]

View attachment 3281627This is my silver Wyandotte Roo and Barred rock chick.

Keep us updated on what it turns out looking like

 

[flowers 23]

We have an egg that's due to hatch in a few days that is supposed to be from this cross. The Wyandotte laid it and the only roo this person has is a Barred Rock. I was just curious what the cross might look like.

Barred Plymouth Rock rooster, one mum Silver lace wyandotte, other mum barred Plymouth Rock. (Not pure) Chicks very similar, but SLW no head spot. Feathering now, pattern difference obvious. 5 weeks now.