INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[mrleeroy]

I got a question for y'all. I happen to really like my black and red Sex Link hens, and when I expand the flock in the future I want to start breeding and hatching Sex Links. Anyone happen to have done so before or known someone who has, and if so what breeds are best for breeding Sex Link hens with?

Check out the first page of this thread and there are a million links i think in the second post. Anyways there are about 8 of them that deal with genetics. I'm not sure if you read those but that's a great place to start

 

[hippiestink]

Check out the first page of this thread and there are a million links i think in the second post. Anyways there are about 8 of them that deal with genetics. I'm not sure if you read those but that's a great place to start

I read them but I was still unsure. I figured I'm better off asking than doing something and screwing up XD

 

[kwhites634]

is there much of a difference?

No, not really; crazy just sounds better.

 

[BantyChooks]

Thanks muchly Bubbles! I'm fond of Sex Link hens and EEs/Araucanas so when we expand I want a lot of them (as well as d'Uccle or d'Anvers, husband LOVES them because they're cute little Belgian birds).

I think you are my twin..... I love those breeds too!

BSL are good layers, pretty and full of personality. EE don't have any 2 chickens the same, and their eggs are beautiful!
D'uccle are just plain CUTE, and the hens have lovely personalities as well. The roos can be a bit on the nasty side though.

 

[Pensmaster]

mornin Peter

Good morning Sally. Just trying to get caught up on the post.

 

[mrleeroy]

I read them but I was still unsure. I figured I'm better off asking than doing something and screwing up XD

I think it would depend on the bird you want out of the cross and which genes you want to use to make your sex-links. Most people use the barring gene I believe. I used the id+ gene for mine, however the dermal melanin doesn't start to really show good for a few days. I used an easter egger rooster and Rhode Island Red hens. The results were that male offspring have yellow legs and the females have green legs. Unfortunately it does take a few days to be able to sex them, however with the easter egger genes, they can look like anything! (Rather than a black or red hen). Just my experiences

 

[Sally Sunshine]

10 out since early am today, 15 great pips pulled one
serama are doing nothing yet, I set them a day late

I forgot to add them at 2 days after initial set and did so at 3 days
they are not in image, they are on the side wood trim at the fan

Musta missed this one at my late candle

 

[slordaz]

Good morning everyone,

better grab a jumbo coffee or 2 so can' figure out where i wasm this thread really flies lol

 

[Chaos18]

No, not really; crazy just sounds better.

Kinda like the difference between insane and clinically insane?

 

[Pensmaster]

Good morning everyone

TJ hope the cougar stayed away.

LocalYokel at first I thought you had bought that milk at the store wondered why in the world.