Can Cochins make sexlinks

[Abby125]

i have a red Cochin roo and was wondering If they can make sexlinks I know you have to have a red roo

 

[Cyprus]

Yes, they can. Theoretically, any dominant solid colored bird can make a sex link.
If you take that red roo and cross him with a barred hen you will have sex-linked barred birds. Males will be red barred, females red.
If you cross him with, say, a Rhode Island White you can create a red sex-link. White males w/ red leakage and red females dilute.

 

[Abby125]

Yes, they can. Theoretically, any dominant solid colored bird can make a sex link.
If you take that red roo and cross him with a barred hen you will have sex-linked barred birds. Males will be red barred, females red.
If you cross him with, say, a Rhode Island White you can create a red sex-link. White males w/ red leakage and red females dilute.

Thank you I wasn’t sure because I read somewhere that they couldn’t so happy I am going to make them next spring

 

[WVduckchick]

Agreed, using barred hens is the easiest way. I had a cuckoo bantam cochin hen. Probably my all-time favorite bird. A predator got her.

 

[Mosey2003]

Uh, unless it's specifically different in Cochins, red over barred will give you regular black/white barred males (with some red leakage usually) and black females with some red on head/neck/chest. The difference as chicks will be the males will be black with a yellow dot on their heads and the females will be just black. Interestingly enough, if you use a buff male instead of red, you'll get much more leakage on the chicks, and the females' faces will usually be a reddish gold at hatch.

 

[Cyprus]

Uh, unless it's specifically different in Cochins, red over barred will give you regular black/white barred males (with some red leakage usually) and black females with some red on head/neck/chest. The difference as chicks will be the males will be black with a yellow dot on their heads and the females will be just black. Interestingly enough, if you use a buff male instead of red, you'll get much more leakage on the chicks, and the females' faces will usually be a reddish gold at hatch.

Red leakage is what I meant.

 

[Mosey2003]

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