Can I make a sex-link out of any of these Roos and hens?

[Kansaseq]

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What okiehen said about the EE roo X Barred hen is right, you can breed any color roo as long as he is not barred, not dom white, and not hiding barring under white, ( just don't use any barred or white roo) but any other color roo on barred hens will make black sexlinks. So yes, you can breed an SS roo to Barred hens and get sexlinks, I'v done that cross before, all the roos were dark ( het ) barred and the hens where black, so had gold feathering like most sexlinks and some had a little mottling in the breast feathers which molts out eventually. Since they are crossed from a SS, that makes them split mottled ( carrying one copy of the mottleing gene, and if you crossed those sexlink chicks together, you would get half barred and half nonbarred in both sexes and about 25% of them should be mottled, so out of about 16 chicks, you should get approximately 6 black, 6 barred, 2 black mottled, 2 barred mottled.

Thanks for the info. Would you happen to have any photos of those crosses? And were they good layers?

 

[rittert3]

Hey Kansaseq if you ever need to get ahold of more ee's i'm also from ne kansas and have a freind who always keeps a few on hand, he also is a certified pularium tester and only charges $1 a bird and will meet at the local auctions and swaps, so you don't have to worry about his birds being infected and also a good allie to have when you need to sell surplus birds. (I'm from the manhattan area)

 

[Kansaseq]

Thank you, Rittert3,I'll keep you in mind, though you're a good 4 hrs from me.

 

[RAREROO]

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What okiehen said about the EE roo X Barred hen is right, you can breed any color roo as long as he is not barred, not dom white, and not hiding barring under white, ( just don't use any barred or white roo) but any other color roo on barred hens will make black sexlinks. So yes, you can breed an SS roo to Barred hens and get sexlinks, I'v done that cross before, all the roos were dark ( het ) barred and the hens where black, so had gold feathering like most sexlinks and some had a little mottling in the breast feathers which molts out eventually. Since they are crossed from a SS, that makes them split mottled ( carrying one copy of the mottleing gene, and if you crossed those sexlink chicks together, you would get half barred and half nonbarred in both sexes and about 25% of them should be mottled, so out of about 16 chicks, you should get approximately 6 black, 6 barred, 2 black mottled, 2 barred mottled.

Thanks for the info. Would you happen to have any photos of those crosses? And were they good layers?

Sorry, but I usually just grow birds of to sell around 4-5 mos old so I sold them before they started laying and didn't get any pics of them.