Black sex link thread!!! Pics and info!

[VeggieGoneEggie]

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!

@yey5, just to answer your question, yes Joey has had dark legs since day one.

 

[yeye5]

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.

Again, thank you! I am learning so much here and especially from you!

 

[yeye5]

@yey5, just to answer your question, yes Joey has had dark legs since day one.

And no white toes or toenails? I suspect the ones I got were maybe not bred by strict standards. In either case they are adorable. It's so helpful to hear from others ppl who have the same/similar chicks!Thanks!

 

[VeggieGoneEggie]

And no white toes or toenails? I suspect the ones I got were maybe not bred by strict standards. In either case they are adorable. It's so helpful to hear from others ppl who have the same/similar chicks!Thanks!

Oh wow, looking at some old pics of her when she was just 2 days old, her middle toes WERE pink! I'll have to check now if they still look that way.

 

[too many roos]

[/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]

 

[yeye5]

Oh wow, looking at some old pics of her when she was just 2 days old, her middle toes WERE pink! I'll have to check now if they still look that way.

That's very much the same. I can't wait to hear what you find when you check them again!

 

[VeggieGoneEggie]

That's very much the same. I can't wait to hear what you find when you check them again!

Yup, she's still got pink middle toes!

 

[yeye5]

Yup, she's still got pink middle toes!

On mine, some of them have the white middle toes only on their left feet! Let's keep each other posted and see what they look like as they grow up.

 

[AuntJamie]

Hello, I was hoping someone more familiar with this breed could answer my question. At how many weeks of age is a BSL chick considered full-grown? I have a cockerel needing culled. Thanks!

 

[junebuggena]

I cull at about 12 to 16 weeks of age. They are still young enough to be tender. Their crossbreed vigor does tend for them to grow a bit faster than a purebred. And the boys are consuming about twice as much feed as the girls at that point, with very little being converted into meat.