Best chance at a pullet

[RubySue]

Hello! So I have a question and thanks ahead of time. New chicken momma I want to get some more chicks. Which breed would be the most likely to be pullets when ordering pullets from a hatchery. In other words which are the easiest for them to sex with the highest accuracy.

I know there is a 90% accuracy but I’m down two birds out of six. So I need get more started. They would need to be cold hardy as well. I lost a blue egg layer so preferably no brown layers. Because I have mostly brown layers left. I was thinking I would like an olive egger of sorts, and even a white egg layer.

Any recommendations?

Thanks!

 

[Tonyroo]

Legbars and Salmon Favorelles are auto sex breeds that lay Blue and white eggs.

 

[RubySue]

Legbars are auto sex breeds that lay Blue eggs.

The cream legbars? I had looked into them.

 

[Tonyroo]

The cream legbars? I had looked into them.

Yes.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Sexlinks are specific bred to be obvious at hatch. Black sexlinks will be the most obvious (solid black chick for girl, giant white spot on black chick for male)

 

[3KillerBs]

California Whites are a sexlinked breed that lays large white eggs.

Mine have had wonderful personalities -- lively and sometimes mischievous. I call them the dash of hot sauce among my laid-back Australorps.

 

[RubySue]

Sexlinks are specific bred to be obvious at hatch. Black sexlinks will be the most obvious (solid black chick for girl, giant white spot on black chick for male)

The sex links are the production birds that will lay like crazy but live short lives correct?

 

[RubySue]

California Whites are a sexlinked breed that lays large white eggs.

Mine have had wonderful personalities -- lively and sometimes mischievous. I call them the dash of hot sauce among my laid-back Australorps.

Do they like cold weather despite their name? it gets kinda chilly here. Been dipping to the single digits at night.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The sex links are the production birds that will lay like crazy but live short lives correct?

Mine seemed pretty good health wise. We had a couple that lived until 6+, and my Calico Princess is 2.5 currently and has no signs of her health beginning to fade

 

[3KillerBs]

Do they like cold weather despite their name? it gets kinda chilly here. Been dipping to the single digits at night.

I don't know. I'm in a hot climate.

California Whites have big, flopped-over combs from their Leghorn heritage so they might be subject to frostbite. I don't know enough about cold-tolerance to say.