Barred Rock or Plymouth Rock?

[ChickChic00]

Can you breed a rir rooster and a barred Rock hen and get the sex link chick or does it have to be rir and Plymouth Rock? I have rir rooster. Just wanting to know if I need a barred Rock or Plymouth Rock in order to tell chicks gender. Thank for help. Much appreciated!!

 

[sylviethecochin]

A Barred Rock is more properly known as a Barred Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock is the breed, Barred is the colour variation.

You can get sexlinks by crossing almost any rooster over a barred hen. (Dominant white roosters, such as Leghorns, would hide the barring and so the chicks would be impossible to sex. But almost any other rooster over a (pure) Barred Rock hen should result in black chicks, with the males being barred.)

EDT: What I mean is that any other barred breed, such as the Dominique or a Bielfelder, would also produce sexlinked chicks. You just have to make sure that the parent breeds would produce dark-coloured offspring so that the white headspot stands out.

 

[ChickChic00]

A Barred Rock is more properly known as a Barred Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock is the breed, Barred is the colour variation.

You can get sexlinks by crossing almost any rooster over a barred hen. (Dominant white roosters, such as Leghorns, would hide the barring and so the chicks would be impossible to sex. But almost any other rooster over a (pure) Barred Rock hen should result in black chicks, with the males being barred.)

EDT: What I mean is that any other barred breed, such as the Dominique or a Bielfelder, would also produce sexlinked chicks. You just have to make sure that the parent breeds would produce dark-coloured offspring so that the white headspot stands out.

Thank you so much!!