Chipmunk Chick

[SomeChickinTN]

I've heard that. I don't have them. They're egg machines, but as I understand it, they drop off production at 2 1/2 years or so.
Why wouldn't his chicks be sex linked?

Idk, I was reading an article about it that said the babies of two sex links would not be sex links themselves....

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Idk, I was reading an article about it that said the babies of two sex links would not be sex links themselves....

That is correct. But if you have the right breeds, they're easy to create. The comets have a leghorn father and either a red or a buff mother. The BSL have a solid father and a barred mother.

 

[SomeChickinTN]

That is correct. But if you have the right breeds, they're easy to create. The comets have a leghorn father and either a red or a buff mother. The BSL have a solid father and a barred mother.

Do you know what would happen if I crossed a GL wyandotte with a buff orpington?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Do you know what would happen if I crossed a GL wyandotte with a buff orpington?

You'd have a cross that may have some lacing, and a rose comb.

 

[SomeChickinTN]

You'd have a cross that may have some lacing, and a rose comb.

Thanks. I'm over my head with breeding but I'm trying not to make it too hard, with having to have a rooster for each breed that I have. It would be nice to figure out if I can can have a couple breeds that my one male orpington can cycle through without losing egg production with the babies, if that even made sense, lol.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Thanks. I'm over my head with breeding but I'm trying not to make it too hard, with having to have a rooster for each breed that I have. It would be nice to figure out if I can can have a couple breeds that my one male orpington can cycle through without losing egg production with the babies, if that even made sense, lol.

I get it.
Oh, and I forgot to answer the question about Wyandottes being broody. They can be. Hatchery ones don't tend to be; mine wasn't this year at all. My persistent broodies were my SS and my dark brahma. Poor Hawke (the brahma) was persistently broody all summer. She's going to be my mom when I go to hatch eggs, I can tell.

 

[SomeChickinTN]

I get it.
Oh, and I forgot to answer the question about Wyandottes being broody. They can be. Hatchery ones don't tend to be; mine wasn't this year at all. My persistent broodies were my SS and my dark brahma. Poor Hawke (the brahma) was persistently broody all summer. She's going to be my mom when I go to hatch eggs, I can tell.

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of buying potentially broody prone hens. I want a couple because I want them to hatch chicks, but I don't want them all to go broody at the same time and then us not have any eggs....

 

[Chicksnmind]

It was me who asked . It was so different than it’s siblings and the person who said it’s going to looks like it’s mom (Mille fleur d’uccle ) is right. Though without spots. When it’s mom was a chick she was tan and not chipmunk looking. It had me confused

 

[Alexandra33]

Golden laced is not a breed, right? It's a color pattern? I may not buy the chickens I posted about above, but in addition to looking at those, I had posted an add looking for specific breeds, a guy replied that he has golden laced, bantys, Easter eggers, and a game chicken... and all I could think was golden laced what?

Correct, "Golden Laced" is simply the name of a specific color variety. Likely they were Wyandottes, but this certainly isn't the only possibly breed. Sebrights, Cochins, ect., can also be Golden Laced.

~Alex

 

[Melky]

That's what came to my mind too. He also says he has black sex links, but have no idea what those are other than it's easier to tell gender. I asked for leghorns, golden comets, or other non broody layers. I know a little about wyandotte's, but can't remember if they are broody.