Heritage Black Sex link

[Self sufficient chickens]

Has anyone ever created a Black Sex Link using a heritage SOP Rhode Island Red rooster over a heritage SOP barred rock hen? Did you compare to commercial Black Sex Links?

 

[Egghead_Jr]

No you would not compare. There is hybrid vigor though. How that would equate to any increase of egg laying would be speculative. Other than earlier onset of lay.

 

[Ted_Harrell]

While trying not to sound like I know anything at all, I would think that the better parent stock you start with, the better the offspring should be...Just a guess though...

 

[Mitsos Lamprogiorgos]

No you would not compare. There is hybrid vigor though. How that would equate to any increase of egg laying would be speculative. Other than earlier onset of lay.

The heritage cross will thrieve much better in poor feeding, low density ecological feeding and pasture in general.

The genetically selected hybrid will have an unbeatable fully formulated layer feed utilization and lay much larger eggs.

The yin and the yang!!!

 

[SpotTheCat]

The heritage cross will thrieve much better in poor feeding, low density ecological feeding and pasture in general.

The genetically selected hybrid will have an unbeatable fully formulated layer feed utilization and lay much larger eggs.

The yin and the yang!!!

Have you done the cross?

 

[Mitsos Lamprogiorgos]

Have you done the cross?

In the past I used brown leghorn and black australorp roosters over barred rock hens. The chicks were sexed easily day old. Spot in the head means males.

 

[SpotTheCat]

In the past I used brown leghorn and black australorp roosters over barred rock hens. The chicks were sexed easily day old. Spot in the head means males.

So you did not do a heritage show quality Rhode island red over a heritage show quality Bared rock?

 

[Mitsos Lamprogiorgos]

So you did not do a heritage show quality Rhode island red over a heritage show quality Bared rock?

All these breeds were show quality.

Any rooster who is not white and not barred crossed with a barred rock hen will result in male chicks with white spot on the head and female chicks without the white spot on the head.

There is no problem if the rooster is red, brown, black, blue, buff etc.

 

[SpotTheCat]

All these breeds were show quality.

Any rooster who is not white and not barred crossed with a barred rock hen will result in male chicks with white spot on the head and female chicks without the white spot on the head.

There is no problem if the rooster is red, brown, black, blue, buff etc.

I am not talking about the sex linked bit, I am talking about what you said here v

The heritage cross will thrieve much better in poor feeding, low density ecological feeding and pasture in general.

The genetically selected hybrid will have an unbeatable fully formulated layer feed utilization and lay much larger eggs.

The yin and the yang!!!

I was wondering if you had made the cross and found this stuff out

 

[Mitsos Lamprogiorgos]

I am not talking about the sex linked bit, I am talking about what you said here v

I was wondering if you had made the cross and found this stuff out

I have done numerous experiments that showed that commercial breeds are bred for optimum utilization of high octane fully formulated feed and that they can't thrieve in low-density feeding methods.