Hatching finished, mistake made on roo breed

[alpacasandchicks78]

After all three eggs hatched the two in question:

Light Brahma roo and black sexlink hen.

Chicks are both dark with spots on head and faint white streak

I swear I need a book on chicken genetics..

 

[SilkySilkie]

picture?

 

[Iluveggers]

Also BSLs are sex-links which means they can be sexed by color, as baby chicks (without feathers) boys will be black with a white dot on its head while the girls will be black without the dot. As they grow the boys will be barred and the girls will be black with some brown around the necks.

Found this on another post. Hope it helps.

 

[alpacasandchicks78]

picture?

Will send in about hour or so. One is still not quite finished fluffing out and other one is in the brooder upstairs and it's 7:40. My mom is exhausted (I help her run her farm) and I don't want to wake her up quite yet. Thanks for the quick reply.

 

[alpacasandchicks78]

Found this on another post. Hope it helps.

That's where I'm stuck. BSL are rir and barred rock. This has me scratching my head to

 

[alpacasandchicks78]

Here's the fluffed out chick. Other beige chick with stripes we know parents. One in incubator is same but a but appears like it may have white in the wing. It's fluffed out but hasn't been moved yet and getting a shot through the incubator has proven maddening because of it's shape.

 

[alpacasandchicks78]

picture?

Further down thread. I haven't had my coffee yet or I would have replied directly. Seriously did not know that our brahma tagged our bsl more than once.

 

[Iluveggers]

After all three eggs hatched the two in question:

Light Brahma roo and black sexlink hen.

Chicks are both dark with spots on head and faint white streak

I swear I need a book on chicken genetics..

If the parents are Brahma & BSL, they probably won’t breed to sex-link.

 

[alpacasandchicks78]

If the parents are Brahma & BSL, they probably won’t breed to sex-link.

That's what I was thinking you can't breed a sex link to another one because they unlink. I was wondering if it was possible to relink them because of the brahma. These little ones are just strange that they both have spot. I posted these up further in the thread. We know who the parents are with that one quite easily they're EE and SLW cross and it looks the same as it's older brood of siblings did as chicks. Our EE girls lay light greenish blue eggs.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Can you post pictures of the parents? I am confused as to why the chick has a headspot. Neither parent should be barred