Chances a sex link could be wrong

[bigz1983]

I'm a member of Michigan backyard chickens on Facebook.
There is a lady on there that claims she bought black sex links and she ended up with a rooster that was the same color as the hens.
What are the chances of this?
Or is she mostly likely just stirring the pot?

 

[Folly's place]

Only guessing here, but if there's a cockerel, it's likely a different breed, thrown in the wrong box, either at the hatchery, or the farm store if that's where they came from.
Mistakes happen!
Mary

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Only guessing here, but if there's a cockerel, it's likely a different breed, thrown in the wrong box, either at the hatchery, or the farm store if that's where they came from.
Mistakes happen!
Mary

X2

 

[Amer]

Only guessing here, but if there's a cockerel, it's likely a different breed, thrown in the wrong box, either at the hatchery, or the farm store if that's where they came from.
Mistakes happen!
Mary

X2

 

[bigz1983]

She hasn't responded yet..
I wonder percentage of black sex links fail?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

She hasn't responded yet..
I wonder percentage of black sex links fail?

If done correctly none should fail. My friend had a Black Sex Link hen that had a large comb and wattles like a rooster, but was most definitely a hen. Also a picture of the suspected rooster would be very helpful.

 

[Gray Farms]

I'd sure like see a pic if possible. I'm sure others would as well.

 

[cstephens1987]

Probably not a bsl

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

She hasn't responded yet..
I wonder percentage of black sex links fail?

Done correctly, 0

 

[so lucky]

One of my black sex links is looking very cockerel like. Very red face and growing wattles. "It" is about 10 weeks old. I was pretty aggravated by the way the guy at the feed store grabbed the chicks as I told him what I wanted. The other black sex-link is about half brown, but at least it looks like a pullet.
Again, though, the mix up may have been done by the workers there, not the hatchery.