Black Sex Link?

[Ariel301]

I just got a box of chicks in today, assorted straight run. One is a black chick with a chocolate brown tint to the face, does that sound like a black sexlink pullet? I got them from Townline Hatchery, and of all the breeds they have, that's the only thing that seems to fit.

 

[speckledhen]

Could be. Would have to see a picture.

 

[gunnarmcc]

Australorp maybe... pic?

 

[magicpigeon]

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Australorps won't have brown faces. Mine had more of a penguin face actually, but others can be all black

 

[Ariel301]

Unfortunately I don't have a working camera right now. The breeds available at that hatchery are New Hampshire Red, California Gray, ISA brown, Rhode Island Red, Light Brahma, Barred Rock, Gold and Silver Laced Wyandotte (it doesn't look at all like those, I have some of them too), Buff Orpington, Easter Egger (definitely not one of those, I got some of them and they are way more fluffy than this baby and have ear muffs), Australorp, and Black Sexlink.

If Australorps are not black with a brown face, and it doesn't have the same coloring as the Wyandottes I already got, I can't see it being anything else on that list but black sexlink...right? Since I'm going to be selling a lot of this order, I like to know what I've got.

 

[speckledhen]

As newly hatched chicks, black sex links look like barred Rock babies except that the female sex link has no spot on the head and the male does (in pure BRs, both sexes have head spots). As newly hatched babies, the black sex links usually don't have brown faces, but later on, they do have brown down their chests.

 

[JodyJo]

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Australorps won't have brown faces. Mine had more of a penguin face actually, but others can be all black

mine did too, cute little penguin!

 

[JodyJo]

I was looking for a shot of my BSL as a newbie, but only found a 3 week old one, I have two BSL,
one I almost thought was another Australorp, didn't get her face coloring for a long time, this one
showed quite early on...they were solid black at chicks if I remember correctly.

here is one at 3 weeks:

 

[Countrypunk92]

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Australorps won't have brown faces. Mine had more of a penguin face actually, but others can be all black

mine did too, cute little penguin!

I hae 2. Penny and Gwenny.

 

[speckledhen]

From that list, sounds like the only thing it could be is a black sex link, then.