Here is a few pics of my 2 chicks and my hen looking to see wt thy r

[jossanne]

I think your RIR is a male and your BR is a female. Your BR is much darker than my 14 BR "males for warmth."

This is 4wks old

 

[Bock_Bock]

ok i see now my br is darker then your roo so hopefully she is a hen i will be so happy any1 want black sex links

 

[Bock_Bock]

also wondering does the black on my br legs give any clue is ti being a roo or a hen?

 

[Year of the Rooster]

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No it does not.


Also, a Golden Comet, Red Sex-Link, Red-Star, etc. they are all the SAME. You get a Red Sex-link by crossing a Rhode Island RED rooster with a Rhode Island WHITE hen. BUT for Black Sex-links, you cross a Rhode Island Red rooster over Barred Rock hens. There is no leghorn involved.

 

[Bock_Bock]

see thats the thing i know black sex links ar only from a rir roo and br hen, but there are multiple red sex links my hen can be thats y i was wonderign if there was a way to tell

 

[ella]

Various silver gened females are used to make read and gold sex links.

White Leghorns can be used if they have the silver gene, as can any white bird, like White Rocks. The company that produces them will breed specialized strains of Leghorn, Rock or other breeds to ensure they have the correct genes. Or Delawares could be used because I beleive they always have silver.

For the male half of the mix they'll use RIR, New Hampsire Reds or Production Reds, or even a mix of those breeds. Their goal is production so what breeds they use are sort of irrelevent to them.

I've yet to see on Hubbard or ISA's sites what particular breeds they use. I think it's a trade secret.

I don't think you can really telll by looking at them what breed was used to make your (or my) sex links. Althought it's fun to speculate!

 

[Smartie_Pants]

I think your BR is a roo. His comb is already pinking up, and my hen didn't get any color in her's until she was several months old. While he isn't as light as mine was, or as the other posters was, it still isn't as dark as my hen was.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

I have concluded now, too, that your barred rock is a cockerel. You said they weren't the same ages, correct? Well, here's a pic of my barred rock pullet. She was between 6-8 weeks old in this pic.

and this is what she looks like now.

Not much difference.

 

[cthrash1]

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In my experience the female BRs had more black up the front of their legs than the males. And the males just had a sparse amount of black on the front of the legs. I've also read in another thread earlier in the year that it is one of the various telltale signs of what sex the chick is.

ETA: Check out the front of the legs on Jossannes male and the front of the legs on Year of the Roosters female. See how much darker hers are compared to the male?

 

[Mahonri]

BR

RIR roo

Cinnamon Queen hen.