grannys gone and done it

[enola]

Do you have pictures of the others?

 

[enola]

That particular cross should produce sex links.

 

[lindalouly]

I will take some

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I have three that look like that and the others are white with barring....

I'm not sure, but keep track to see if the color matters. Black sexlinks are made with a black and a barred bird, and it matters which is rooster vs hen, but I can't remember which way it goes. Should be able to tell sexlinked chicks right after they dry. Males one color, females will be slightly lighter or darker.

 

[enola]

Black sex links can also be made with a red rooster and a barred hen. All chicks are black when hatched. Males will have a spot on their head. Females will not have a spot.

All of this is determined by how pure the genes are in the parent stock.

 

[lindalouly]

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Yes, just read about what enola said. This was from Backyard Poultry.

"Different color genes are dominant or modify other color genes, for example; the barred color is the result of genes for black plus a gene for barring. Since the males have two genes for barring and the females only one, we can see that in barred breeds the males have finer barring than the females. When we breed a barred hen to a solid color male, her daughters do not receive the barring gene but her sons do get one dose of barring. As day-old chicks, males carrying a barring gene will have white on their heads while their sisters without will be solid black."


What adults did you use for the chicks?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

That barred one looks more female since it's darker. Were these the chicks from your experiment on egg shape?

 

[lindalouly]

The dad is a barred Delaware... Now I'm unsure of the mom... Austrolorps new hampshires or white Giants.... I thought austrolorps cause they were black.

 

[enola]

That light colored chick surprises me. Are you positive you did not accidentally hatch another hen's egg???