Black sex link thread!!! Pics and info!

[alexa009]

My black sex link was killed by a predator and i wish i still had it.

 

[lightchick]

My black sex link was killed by a predator and i wish i still had it.

Aww. So sorry to hear that!

 

[yeye5]

Thank you, @lightchick for the detailed response!
I'm so thrilled to have this forum as a resource for learning!

 

[VeggieGoneEggie]

My one and only BSL, Josephine ("Joey")! She is the smallest of my 6-day-old flock but the first and best at foraging, scratching, pecking at anything suspicious, and eating 20x her weight in chick feed. Love her!

 

[yeye5]

My one and only BSL, Josephine ("Joey")! She is the smallest of my 6-day-old flock but the first and best at foraging, scratching, pecking at anything suspicious, and eating 20x her weight in chick feed. Love her!

She is precious!
It also helps me to see pics of BSLs of similar age to mine. Are her feet getting darker or did she hatch with the same color feet as she has now?
I'm trying to distinguish between the 5 BSL pullets I ought and the 2 maybe-Asian blacks I bought the same day. (I really do think now that they mixed up the breeds they had).
I'd love to see pics of little Joey as she grows!

 

[Mosey2003]

@yeye5 - my BSL pullets all hatched with dark legs and feet, and the cockerels had light/yellow ones.

 

[yeye5]

@yeye5 - my BSL pullets all hatched with dark legs and feet, and the cockerels had light/yellow ones.

Thank you. That makes sense. My cockerels all (3 of them) have yellow feet. Since I supposedly bought 5 BSL pullets and also 2 Asian pullets with 3 cockerels from the same bin, I was trying to distinguish the pullets based on skin/foot color.
Now that you tell me cockerels Should have yellow feet and pullets Should have black feet, it helps sort out lots of my confusion.
Still in terms of my pullets' feet, I think they're get darker, but that is in terms of starting with a few white digits that are filling in black.
Can anyone offer an explanation or the white digits that are filling in black? Most of them still have white middle digits from 1/3 down. I find that bizarre..and still somewhat cute--while not focusing on their types.
I appreciate any comments and insights!

 

[junebuggena]

Thank you. That makes sense. My cockerels all (3 of them) have yellow feet. Since I supposedly bought 5 BSL pullets and also 2 Asian pullets with 3 cockerels from the same bin, I was trying to distinguish the pullets based on skin/foot color.
Now that you tell me cockerels Should have yellow feet and pullets Should have black feet, it helps sort out lots of my confusion.
Still in terms of my pullets' feet, I think they're get darker, but that is in terms of starting with a few white digits that are filling in black.
Can anyone offer an explanation or the white digits that are filling in black? Most of them still have white middle digits from 1/3 down. I find that bizarre..and still somewhat cute--while not focusing on their types.
I appreciate any comments and insights!

The same rules won't apply to the Asians. The difference between male and female sexlinks is because to the effect the barring gene has.

 

[yeye5]

The same rules won't apply to the Asians. The difference between male and female sexlinks is because to the effect the barring gene has.

Yes. thank you for that.
I am going on the idea that re: the ones from the "Asian" bin may be any breed or mix and that I won't really know until they get older.
For example in the pics I posted (the 3 cockerels being from the Asian bin) you'd said they look like atypical sex link cockerels. I tend to agree bcs of the traits they exhibit are in line with expectations of a BSL cockerel.
The BSLs were supposed to all be pre-sexed pullets.They were in a different bin next door to the Asian bin that the cockerels I have came from (marked as Asian).
The cockerels have yellow feet without any other color or oddity.
Do you have any thoughts on the pullets whose feet (only) "Appeared" lighter, like a dark grey, and have become black but some have light, nearly white digits? The white digits are almost exclusively on their middle toes (2/3rds of the toe including nails)?

In reading this thread I've learned that sex links don't breed to 2nd generations. What would happened if I (or anyone) bred one set of sex links by BRpullet X RIR or NHR cockerel and a different group of BRpullet x Buff Orp cockerel, for example. Would those offspring from both sets (being sex links of 1st generation) breed together and NOT carry the sexlink traits? or would they?
Maybe a better way to state the question: is there any way at all to get the sex link trait to occur in offspring of sex link parents?

Thanks again. Your expertise is always so helpful!

 

[junebuggena]

Yes. thank you for that.
I am going on the idea that re: the ones from the "Asian" bin may be any breed or mix and that I won't really know until they get older.
For example in the pics I posted (the 3 cockerels being from the Asian bin) you'd said they look like atypical sex link cockerels. I tend to agree bcs of the traits they exhibit are in line with expectations of a BSL cockerel.
The BSLs were supposed to all be pre-sexed pullets.They were in a different bin next door to the Asian bin that the cockerels I have came from (marked as Asian).
The cockerels have yellow feet without any other color or oddity.
Do you have any thoughts on the pullets whose feet (only) "Appeared" lighter, like a dark grey, and have become black but some have light, nearly white digits? The white digits are almost exclusively on their middle toes (2/3rds of the toe including nails)?

In reading this thread I've learned that sex links don't breed to 2nd generations. What would happened if I (or anyone) bred one set of sex links by BRpullet X RIR or NHR cockerel and a different group of BRpullet x Buff Orp cockerel, for example. Would those offspring from both sets (being sex links of 1st generation) breed together and NOT carry the sexlink traits? or would they?
Maybe a better way to state the question: is there any way at all to get the sex link trait to occur in offspring of sex link parents?

Thanks again. Your expertise is always so helpful!

There are basically 2 types of sexlinks. Black sexlinks utilize the barring gene. Red sexlinks utilize the silver base color gene. In order to produce a black sexlink, you must have a barred/cuckoo hen and a non-barred, non-white rooster. For red sexlinks, you need a silver hen and a red/gold rooster. You cannot use sexlink pullets of either type to produce more sexlinks because it's the males that inherit the dominant, sexlinked genes. The females inherit the recessive genes of the father. The sexlink males cannot be used because they will pass the 'sexlinked' gene to chicks of both genders. The sexlink females don't have the correct gene to begin with.