hi brought some hatching eggs and they are barred plymoth rock crossed RIR i was tols i can sex from one day old, anyone know how this works and how can tell the roos from the hens xxx
when you look at the feathers (this has to be done at a day old!) you will see 2 rows of feathers. if the feathers are the same height its a roo and if one row is shorter then the other you have a hen! i think it is that way hold on let me check yea here is the video if you would like to look at it.... just skip to 3:11
I think a plymoth barred rock and a RIR cross (if the hen was the BR and the roo is the RIR) gives you black sex linked. I just found this: "Both sexes hatch out black, but the males have a white dot on their heads. Pullets feather out black with some red in neck feathers. Males feather out with the Barred Rock pattern along with a few red feathers. Black Sex-Links are often referred to as Rock Reds"
Quote:Nope that won't work.Feather sexing can only be done if "The breeder flock for the female line must be slow feathering only, and the breeder flock for the male line must be fast feathering only. To breed for the chicks you would then cross the slow feathering females with the fast feathering males." http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sex-links/BRKFeathSex.html Now they can be sex linked if The pullets are barred rocks and the roo is the RIR. http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sex-links/BRKSexLink.html
