Does lacng produce a sex link chick?

[1hatchaholic]

I have a gold laced brahma over 2 Ameraucana hens..unintentionally..but hey it happens. I've affectionately nicknamed them Brahmaucanas. The first one I hatched turned out stunningly gorgeous..quite possibly the most beautiful chicken feathering I've ever seen..I'll try to get pics of her..So I decided to hatch more are see if her feathering was a fluke or if they all would come out like her. The next hatch I didn't pay much mind to day old markings. Now they're about 5-6 weeks. With following hatches I noticed upon hatch that some have the oh so adorable bold chipmunk striping and some have a dull mousey brown color with very faint striping. At first I thought it was just from the two breeds crossing and different markings ect. Now with the 5-6 week old group some have a bold chocolate head and others still have the remainder of the chipmunk stripes. I noticed with my black australorp, white rock and buff orpingtons that the pullets and cockerels tail feathering is a dead give away even at a few weeks. Neither of these have any tail feathers yet or any other distinct "here's your sign" sexing traits. Any thoughts? Help..lol

 

[Farrier]

I can't think of any obvious sex link from that mix, what colour are your ameraucanas?

 

[Blackberry18]

Too early to sex. But your cross wouldn't make Sex-Links. Black Sex-Links have to be a solid colored cock x a barred hen. Red Sex-Links are produced by a red gene cock (New Hampshire, Rhode Island Red, etc.) x a silver factor hen (Columbian variety, Silver variety, White varieties possessing a silver gene, etc).

 

[1hatchaholic]

Hmm..guess I'll just have to keep an eye on them and see what happens. The Ameraucana hens are brown with long gold stripes in the hackle feathers and some on the back. I'll have to get more pics. I started taking pics of my day old hatch.I put bands on 6 chicks.plan on taking a pic a day for at least a month to document their development. The feather pattern really is stunning on the one juvenile hen I have so far. Thanks for the input! !

 

[1hatchaholic]

Oh. .also both hens are producing both type of chicks. My first thought was that each different chick came from each hen. .when I divided the hatcher I found that both hens are producing both types.

 

[Blackberry18]

The chicks look different because of genetics. It's hard to determine for your cross, but it's more like 25% of the offspring will be one color, and 75% one color. I have no idea what you're would be in terms of percentages, but just so you have the main idea.

 

[1hatchaholic]

Oooh that makes sense, considering I've got pretty much that exact percentage going on lol. Thanks! I'm still learning but just love the little critters!