Cream crested roo

[greensgoldens]

Hi, I just hatched out 15 chicks from a cream crested roo crossed with several varieties.
Buff Orpington, black jersey giant, Americauna , barred rock and silver laced Wyandotte. Any idea if any of these will be sex linked? They sure are cute little things!

 

[donrae]

No sex linkage from those crosses.

Actually, the only one I'm not sure on is the SLW. I'm not sure if CCL are genetically gold? I think they are, and if so, the gold rooster over the silver hen would give you a form of red sex link chicks, with red females and silver males. The trick will be telling the two apart, sometimes there's just a bit of colored down on the face that shows the difference.

 

[greensgoldens]

It will be really interesting! I'm anxious to see them grow. At what age can you generally tell the sex?

 

[donrae]

Probably around 6ish weeks. I think Legbars grow combs pretty early, with the Leghorn blood.