Has anyone sexed a chick from a BR Roo and a White Leghorn Pullet?

[momreda]

I have read some studies done long ago and I'm still confused on if it can/has been done. We are expecting in a few days and I ws curious if I would be able to sex the chicks?

 

[speckledhen]

They are not sexlinked and when you cross a BR roo over any other breed, you get chicks with varying degrees of barring. The sexing won't be that easy since the headspots may be very vague, unlike a pure BR chick.

 

[momreda]

Thank you

 

[okiehen]

The combs and wattles should get very large on the roosters. And you should be able to comb sex them at 4 to 6 weeks of age.
Maybe even a little younger.

 

[speckledhen]

Yeah, I was thinking that the Leghorn influence will make those combs pop up on the boys pretty soon.

 

[momreda]

Oh ok I appreciate it. So it won't matter what I breed him with (exception of other BR) won't be able to sex them until they are older?

 

[okiehen]

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That's right, I hatched some barred rock rooster x white leghorn hens eggs a few years ago.
The chicks I remember were yellow with black spots. Didn't see the as they were older sold them as chicks.
But I could tell at 3 weeks on some of them by the combs were roosters.

 

[jossanne]

If your mix were the other way around, with a BR hen, you'd be able to sex them at hatch as the male chicks would be barred and the females wouldn't. This pairing won't be sex-linked though. Combs should develop early on the little cockerels.

 

[RAREROO]

Since White leghorns are dominant white, you may not get sexlinks either way you go. But you cross of the BR roo on the White leghorn hens should give chicks that are white with black spots and they will be the same color as adults.

For Sexlinks with Barred hens, you can use barred or cuckoo hens on any color roo as long as he's not barred, however white roos aren't a good choice either unless you know their genetics, bacause some may be dominant white or masking barring under the white.

For red sexlinks, you need a roo with gold genes ( RIR, NHR, Buff, Partidge, ect...) with hens with Silver genes, (RIWhites, Delawares, Columbian, Silver laced, or Silver Penciled hens, colored hens) Breeds like White Rocks, White Leghorns, White Wyandottes, ect.. wouldn't be a good choice for the same reasons I listed for the white roos, and they may not have the silver genes.

 

[BigIslandChicks]

im really glad i finally found something with this info. i am wondering if anyone has pic's of what the BR roo X wh. leghorn hen look like as 6mo. old pullets?? anyone have any photo's?? im curious as to what the older birds will look like?? mahalo