Ayam Cemani x Leghorn

[Little Chicken Mama]

It’s not February but I already have hatched 4 chicks..

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What I can clearly see is a difference on legs color, half are yellow and the other half are more blackish. The skin doesn’t look completely black but it’s hard to see because they are small.

Do you have pictures of them now?

 

[crittercaretech]

Works best in Silkie males on hens with yellow or white shanks, it would seem that ayam cemani carry an inhibitor of the sex linked dermal inhibitor that is present in clear shank breeds. so a cemani rooster cross with clear shank hens may not be a good sex linked cross after all or at least not as effective

thank you for the explanation. i love learning new things

 

[shaunm1093]

Black skin is not a sex link gene, it's just a skin color gene. It's hyper fibromelanism.

 

[Ale_16]

here are a couple of pictures of two hens that are grown. From what I saw I didn't hatched a black skinned male. It may be possible because I didn't hatched a lot of eggs…

 

[Twnapier]

The chicks are now two weeks old and I can already guess who is male and who females.
Sadly it seems that they are not sex linked.
What I see is two females, one with black legs and skin, one completely white.
The males one completely white and one with blackish shanks and white skin.

Is this how it turned out? Curious what they ended up looking like.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Black skin is not a sex link gene, it's just a skin color gene. It's hyper fibromelanism.

It can be an indicator when the proper parents are used. I've made the cross using a mosaic male and it has worked out perfectly when I use the proper hens. Using the wrong hens will result in dark skinned males though