Got an oddball with a dozen black sex-linked

[roonster]

BSL females can have quite a bit of variability like Jed said. The thing that makes it so you can tell m/f is barring (head spot on chicks)

ps...I know its the spot on the head, im referring to your first comment that states "there is a lot of variation because its a hybrid". Thats really the opposite of what this hybrid accomplishes...

 

[roonster]

Hmm... She sure does look different than the others. One of my black sex links grew to be pretty colorful (as far as black sex links go) but was still a mostly black chick. (she's the one in my profile)

Yeah, probably from an inferior barred rock hen (or mix of some sort). Obviously, some of the hatcheries make a lot of mistakes. I think we can all agree.

 

[MysteryChicken]

It's a black Sex-link. They vary in coloration sometimes. They are cross breeds.

 

[Lor]

Yeah, probably from an inferior barred rock hen (or mix of some sort). Obviously, some of the hatcheries make a lot of mistakes. I think we can all agree.

Best part of having the black sex links for me was seeing what they would look like as adults. Looking forward to seeing what your chick there looks like.

 

[roonster]

It's a black Sex-link. They vary in coloration sometimes. They are cross bree

It's a black Sex-link. They vary in coloration sometimes. They are cross breeds.

Its a hybrid, not a random cross breed, and if a pure bred BR hen mates with a RIR rooster there should be fairly standard offspring.
ONCE again, I realize there is some variation, and in adults especially, however the LEGS are yellow with zero black pigment, THAT is odd.
If people NEVER asked questions there would be no Gregory Mendel or genetics, or hybrid sex-linked crosses.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Its a hybrid, not a random cross breed, and if a pure bred BR hen mates with a RIR rooster there should be fairly standard offspring.
ONCE again, I realize there is some variation, and in adults especially, however the LEGS are yellow with zero black pigment, THAT is odd.
If people NEVER asked questions there would be no Gregory Mendel or genetics, or hybrid sex-linked crosses.

Yes, I know, a layer hybrid is a cross breed.
I didn't say random cross breed. But they are a useful cross breed.

It's common for some sexlinked crosses to have different colored legs that's all I was trying to say.

 

[Yardmom]

I am not familiar enough with BSL to comment on color variations, but if you got them from a TSC store the chances of another chick getting put in the wrong bin is pretty high.

 

[3KillerBs]

I am not familiar enough with BSL to comment on color variations, but if you got them from a TSC store the chances of another chick getting put in the wrong bin is pretty high.

Indeed.

And it's not always the store employees or the customers doing it. As I noted in a thread last year, I saw chicks at a local farm store mixing themselves up by jumping up to the edge of a trough and then down into the next trough.

I *prefer* to order chicks direct from a hatchery, but when I go to a farm store I prepare myself by studying photos of the chicks of the breeds I want.

 

[JedJackson]

There's no sense in arguing about it. Wait and see what she looks like when she is older. The chick resembles no other variety I can think of, but who knows?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

But if you have color variation of beak, legs, and even body, you can't trust the spot on the head. Just look at ALL the pics online of sexing black sex-linked..and No they don't sell it but I got F2 prairie blue bell's, mixed with F1's, from the same hatchery last year that caused confusion, so a female of something other than F1 barred rock is definitely NOT out of the question.

I am confused by this statement. Prarie Bluebell Eggers are already a mix. You shouldn't be able to ever get F1 mixes to my understanding and on top of that be able to differentiate them from latter generations. Hatcheries are highly regulated, it's either a Black Sexlink or another preplanned mix, not a random case of fence jumping or crossbreed getting in. Barred Rocks are never F1. They are an established breed over many generations, that term is only used for first generation crossbreeds. Your chick looks just like a Black Sexlink but that doesn't mean that TSC didn't mess up with the bins but since it doesn't show any traits of not being one, I wouldn't jump to any conclusions yet.