Black pullet and golden/white hen?

Count Orloff

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Nov 26, 2010
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I finally wired up my coop this evening so that my birds can get that extra light to encourage them to start laying. My original five Buff Orpingtons were born in late May, so I figure they should be getting ready to lay soon, although it doesn't really bother me that they didn't start before the days got shorter. I snapped a picture of the light I installed, but I was also wondering if anybody could identify the breed of both the black pullet and the golden and white one. The picture quality isn't the greatest. The black one has a little bit of a green sheen to her feathers. She also has some white on her ear lobes. Thanks for your help!

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Yes, they are a cross of breeds to make sex-link chicks (chicks that can be sexed by color at hatch). Red Sex-Links are usually Rhode Island Red x Rhode Island White, and Black Sex-Links are usually Rhode Island Red x Barred Plymouth Rock. Hatcheries breed Sex-Links for excellent egg production, so when your pullets start laying they should really start laying!
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Yes, the black one may be a roo, depending on how old it is. Do you know how old s/he is? If it is a roo, then it isn't a Black Sex-Link, it's a mutt.
 

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