breeding results

[Nativechick]

I am new at poultry and a very unfamiliar with breeding process. So I'm screwing up the nerve to ask. When we bought our chicks, I was promised all one breed of chicks, Gold Sex Links and all female. Well, now I have 3 roosters. I've been told they are buff orpingtons that must have been put into the wrong bin at the store. They won't admit the mistake and I've been able to get rid of 2 of the males. So here's my question. If I let a hen get broody and she manages to hatch some chicks, what will I get? Thanks for reading the long winding path to the question.

 

[3riverschick]

I am new at poultry and a very unfamiliar with breeding process. So I'm screwing up the nerve to ask. When we bought our chicks, I was promised all one breed of chicks, Gold Sex Links and all female. Well, now I have 3 roosters. I've been told they are buff orpingtons that must have been put into the wrong bin at the store. They won't admit the mistake and I've been able to get rid of 2 of the males. So here's my question. If I let a hen get broody and she manages to hatch some chicks, what will I get? Thanks for reading the long winding path to the question.

Probably 1/4 of the chicks will be gold sex links and 3/4 will be buff colored. I think that is right. You need to find Marvin who is known here as; nicalandia and is a BYC Educator. https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/36900/nicalandia He is a human genetic calculator and can tell you what will show up. If it was me, I would take the chicks from the union and breed them back to their sire for 2 generations. Then you would have birds which were mostly Buff Orpingtons. A great breed!
Best,
Karen

 

[Michael OShay]

I am new at poultry and a very unfamiliar with breeding process. So I'm screwing up the nerve to ask. When we bought our chicks, I was promised all one breed of chicks, Gold Sex Links and all female. Well, now I have 3 roosters. I've been told they are buff orpingtons that must have been put into the wrong bin at the store. They won't admit the mistake and I've been able to get rid of 2 of the males. So here's my question. If I let a hen get broody and she manages to hatch some chicks, what will I get? Thanks for reading the long winding path to the question.

If you breed a Buff Orpington rooster with a Red (Gold) Sex Link hen, you will just get a mixed breed. Sex Links are hybrids and don't breed true. The offspring will probably be docile and good layers, but not likely the egg laying machines that their mothers are, and you will not be able to tell the gender of the chicks by color when they hatch.