Golden comet sex links?

[sjcshawna]

Wow that is really complex, THANKS!!! Well with that being said i think ill keep these girls for a little while and replace them with something new that will breed true. They are excellent layers but they are not much good to me if i cant get pure chicks from them. I'm thinking about getting Welsummers are they good layers?

 

[sharman]

hi,,can you explain more on how to do this,,,,im a NEWBIE

 

[sharman]

Actually, some Red Sex Links can even be a 4 way cross. When bred back, you can get a lot of interesting colors and combinations. For sure, no more sex linking. That's a one time deal.

so,,how can i do0 this?,,sorry im just starting out

 

[halo]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information

 

[cmom]

For the matings to work the physical characteristic must be carried on one of the sex chromosome - thus the term ‘sex-linked’- and the correct male and female breeds should be selected. For example, a Delaware female mated to a New Hampshire or Rhode Island Red male is a sex-link cross where the males will have the Delaware feather pattern oftheir mother and females will have a solid red feather pattern similar to their father. If, however, you mate a Delaware male with a New Hampshire or Rhode Island Red female, all the offspring will have the same Delaware feather pattern.

The Black sex-links (also known as Rock Reds) are produced by crossing the Barred Plymouth Rock hen with a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster. At hatch both sexes have black down, but the males can be identified by the white dot on their heads. As previously indicated, males feather out with the Barred Rock pattern along with a few red feathers, while females feather out solid black with some red in the neck feathers.

Golden Comet, Gold Star, or Cinnamon Queen depending on the specific cross used) are produced by a number of different crosses. White Plymouth Rocks hens with the silver factor are crossed with a New Hampshire male to produce the Gold Comet. A Silver Laced Wynandotte hen is crossed with a New Hampshire rooster to produce the Cinnamon Queen. Additional possible red sex-link cross combinations are the Rhode Island White hen and a Rhode Island Red rooster Which produce a male that will hatch out white and can feather out to pure white or with some black feathering and the females Redish color with white on the tail feathers and maybe around the neck. A Delaware hen with a Rhode Island Red rooster. Males hatch out looking like the Delawares depending on the cross. Females hatch out red like the Rhode Island Red male. Coloring will depend on the cross, and they how they feather out. In the breedings the males can be either New Hampshire Reds but most use Rhode Island Reds.

You can not breed a sex link male or female to another breed and get a Sex Link. The chicks will hatch out in all sorts of colors. I did an experiment to see what the chicks would hatch out like and they hatched out some white some black and some different shades of buff and redish. I had male chicks with the same coloring as a normal Red Sex Link female. It won't work... On my third generation of breeding the sex links the colors did tend to come out more pure such as all white with no other colors and redish more like a light colored Rhode Island Red.

These are some of my second generation cross. More are outside of the coop but an example.






Here is a picture of some Rhode Island Red and Red Sex link chicks.

 

[sharman]

wow,,these are nice looking chicks,,,what are they?,,,so if i crossed a RIR cock,to a white legorn what could i expect?,,,sorry,iam just starting out,,breeding,havent actually started,just learning before i do.

Also i have RIR cockrell, (so im told,)he looks like one,,only 6 months,,what age do cockrells start to se sexually active?

 

[cmom]

Some are RIR and the others a cross of a RIR male and RIW females. This is what they look like when they are older. I have never tried a White Leghorn but everything I have read says you can't use one successfully in a sex link cross. I have also crossed RIR male with Delaware females. The male chicks look like the Delaware mothers and the female chicks look like the RIR father.

These are Red Sex Links.


This one of the males with some of the females when they were older.



Here is a male at 2 to 3 months old


Here are a couple of young males with some young females.


The white chicks are the males.



This was my second generation crosses which do not breed true.

 

[tadkerson]

wow,,these are nice looking chicks,,,what are they?,,,so if i crossed a RIR cock,to a white legorn what could i expect?,,,sorry,iam just starting out,,breeding,havent actually started,just learning before i do.

Also i have RIR cockrell, (so im told,)he looks like one,,only 6 months,,what age do cockrells start to se sexually active?

Sharman,

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information


Read the above and take notes as you are reading. Then read it a couple more times. Post any questions you may have about the article. Six months should be long enough for a male to be sexually mature. Different breeds mature in different lengths of time, some take longer but most should be mature at 6 months.

I wrote the article.

Tim

 

[cmom]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information


Read the above and take notes as you are reading. Then read it a couple more times. Post any questions you may have about the article. Six months should be long enough for a male to be sexually mature. Different breeds mature in different lengths of time, some take longer but most should be mature at 6 months.

I wrote the article.

Tim

I read the article. It is great...

 

[sharman]

hi,,,thankyou for the info,,you say,cant use sucessfully in a sex link cross,,,,meaning?,cant tell the sex at hatching?.

also,,at what age do cockrells start mating,,i have a RIR cockrell 6 months.