I think I created a "Sex Link" EE!

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

All the females are brown, and all the males are silver.

Female Chick, a few days old.

3 Weeks Old.

4/5 month old.

Silver Male, a few days old.

3 weeks old.

4/5 months old.

I currently have: 3 silvers & 3 brown baby chicks, and the two 4/5 month old ones shown in picture. So I have 4 S & 4 B.

Will update as they get older.

How do you think I got all these sex link EEs?

 

[Catstar68]

Wow! I have no idea but that is very cool. What do the parents look like?

 

[RAREROO]

What parents did you use ?

 

[1_FnkyFrm]

Do you have a pic of him at 8-9 weeks? I hope thats what me EE roo looks like...

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I don't know! Because all my chickens are in the same pen together. All I can think of is the my big EE roo mated w/ my Grey American game hen. This is her second time hatching out babies this year, and they have all been sex link EEs!!!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Quote:
No - Because the two 4/5 month old ones are the oldest ones I have.

Will update when they get older.

I will go get better pictures of all of them here in a second.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Possible Parents:

EE Roo ( Father? )

Grey American Game Hen. ( Mother? )

 

[RAREROO]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

Possible Parents:

EE Roo ( Father? )
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/47807_dsc_0051.jpg
Grey American Game Hen. ( Mother? )
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/47807_dsc_0589.jpg

Yes, that combo would produce sexlinks, the roo looks like he should be pure Gold gened and the Grey ( genetically Silver Duckwing) hen is silver so that will give Sexlinks .

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Awesome! So when they silver and brown EEs get bigger, could I breed them together and produe sex links?

 

[houndit]

Very interesting! That needs some more study. I would like to do that! Thank you for sharing!