Black Sex Link Rooster..?

[Ajeffreys]

Thank you everyone for the info. I guess if we ever get a batch of chicks again I will have to double check them myself before we take them home!

 

[BrockstarFarms]

Me too. I was called away for a family emergency for a couple weeks and came home to a roo. Mine looks different from yours.

 

[cassie123]

We picked up this bunch of “female” sex link at Tractor Supply to get a backyard flock started and I’m thinking one of our ladies is a lad! The combs are more developed than all the others and it’s the only one with white on the feathers. The rest of the black sex links are solid black. Do we have a little rooster in our hen house?

Cockerel

 

[KikiLeigh02]

The one with barring is a cockerel, I'd watch the black one with white on it's neck too.

The one in the back only has white on the tail feathers. The rest od her feathers are golden. And our black ones are just solid black right now. I don’t see any orange.
These are more pictures of the group. What we are supposed to have is
8 golden comet pullets
4 Black sex link pullets

 

[drumstick diva]

black sex link cockerel

 

[keesmom]

Me too. I was called away for a family emergency for a couple weeks and came home to a roo. Mine looks different from yours. View attachment 1414386

Asian black cockerel.

 

[BrockstarFarms]

Asian black cockerel.

Is this a type of black sex link? Asian black? I'm only confused because if it was a black sexlink there was def NO white spot on this guy's head I went back and looked at pics and videos to make sure. I'm also reading a black sexlink rooster should be barred. I don't see any barring. I think it'd def a boy thought. Hid comb and wattle are red and he is a bit bigger than the 5 girls his age.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Asian Blacks are not sex link, to be honest I'm not sure what the hatcheries cross breed to make them. They don't really give much info on them other than they're dual purpose for eggs and meat, and have some kind of Langshan history but are supposed to be stockier and heartier.

 

[BrockstarFarms]

Ok cool was just curious. I think this guy will just be a mystery for us. I've read alot on sexlinks and thought sexlinks were fool proof ! I just know this guy did not have a white dot on his head and he is not barred like others online. Maybe a hen or roo jumped the fence or something.

 

[gator75]

Is this a type of black sex link? Asian black? I'm only confused because if it was a black sexlink there was def NO white spot on this guy's head I went back and looked at pics and videos to make sure. I'm also reading a black sexlink rooster should be barred. I don't see any barring. I think it'd def a boy thought. Hid comb and wattle are red and he is a bit bigger than the 5 girls his age.

Seems like TSC substituted this breed of bird for it's BSL all over the country.....without telling anyone or changing the sign.