CINNAMON QUEEN pros and cons

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Michael OShay said:
Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. Isa Brown and Cinnamon Queen are two of many labels under which hatcheries market their Red Sex Links which are produced by crossing red gene roosters (RIR, NH, or PR) with silver gene hens (RIW, SLW, Delaware, LS, or silver factor WPR). Not only can they be sexed by color from hatching (male chicks are whitish, female chicks are reddish), but they are egg laying machines, outlaying either parent breed. It's one of the interesting quirks of hybridization. I'm not sure what GodofPeckings own personal experience is with them, but I've raised them for years and have not had lots of health problems with them. Their laying does tend to burn out quicker (due to the sheer number of eggs they lay) than most standard breeds. If you decide to go with sex links, I personally prefer the Black Sex Links (Black Stars) as mine have been typically friendlier and hardier than my Red Sex Links. They consistently churn out more than 300 large brown eggs per hen per year and are particularly persistent layers in really cold winter weather. They also tend to have a longer laying life than Red Sex Links and in fact, the oldest hen to ever lay eggs is a Black Sex Link (marketed in the UK as Black Rocks). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ritain-squeezes-eggs-THIRTEEN-years-last.html Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Cheers.
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I have just got two cinnamon greens to add to my back yard chickens. They will be hand raised until they can be added to the coop. In general I'm careful about what breeds I mix. I now have jersey giants and Brahmans living happily together. Are these queens going to mix well? The size is my biggest concern. Thanks.
 
Patty Lynn said:
I have just got two cinnamon greens to add to my back yard chickens. They will be hand raised until they can be added to the coop. In general I'm careful about what breeds I mix. I now have jersey giants and Brahmans living happily together. Are these queens going to mix well? The size is my biggest concern. Thanks.
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Hi, you're responding to a very old post. Try starting a new thread with your question and you'll have better luck getting the info you want.

Oh, and welcome to BYC!
 

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