Do Australorps or Jersey Black Giants have sex-linked feather colors?

[partsRheavy]

I'm raising a brood of Jersey Black Giant chicks that are 3 weeks old, and I also have some Australorp babies.

Some of my Jersey Black Giant chicks have a barred black-and-white pattern on their wings and back, whereas others are pretty much all black. The ones with the barred pattern are among my suspected little roos, because their combs are a bit on the large side.

So, I was wondering if there are sex-linked feather color patterns in these breeds that make it easy to tell the roos from the pullets, or is the pattern just a random thing?

Sorry I don't have a pic right now - I misplaced the camera upload gadget.

 

[Fred's Hens]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=512-Jersey_Giants

A sex link involves breeding two different breeds in such a way as to produce chicks easily distinguishable as to male or female, by color, when hatched. The males inherit one color while the females inherit a different color altogether.

Neither a purebred 'Lorp nor a purebred JG is a sex link. That said, those familiar with these breeds do look for development that betrays their sex. Comb size, wattles, legs, and later, feathers.

 

[partsRheavy]

Thanks! They are hatchery chicks, so the variation in feather color is probably just a random thing.

Right now, they're at the "awkward chick" stage where they have some feathers but still some fuzz.

That six-month-old roo in the pic is a cutie!

 

[farmerChef]

If you have barred chicks, then they are not Jersey Giants, they come in white, blue/splash, or black.

I'm guessing you got black sexlinks if some are barred and some are black. If you ordered JG chicks from a hatchery, they sent you the wrong breed. If you got them from a feed store, they where mislabled.

 

[donrae]

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[partsRheavy]

I hope it wasn't a mistake!! I guess we'll just have to see how they turn out....

 

[dlbranton]

Let us know. I agree with donrae and farmerchef. I have purchased and also hatched black giants. I've never seen barring on any of them.