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[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

ATH, I would assume black sexlinks, myself, if all it said was black pullets.

 

[strssdmom]

I have lost 3 chickens today. 2 in the run. 1 was a polish hen and another was a NH hen. the NH was a teenager. Not sure why those 2 died. The only think I can think of is from the weather. Then i had a chick that was in brooder dead. Her back was all bloody and bald. I think she must of got pecked and started bleeding and all the other chicks got her. The rest of my flocks looks good and very active.

I am so sorry to here about your loss. It is always sad to lose a pet.

 

[strssdmom]

Can anyone identify this beauty

I am a newbie, but when I looked the black australorps up they had a lot more yellow on them. I would lean more towards black stars (black sex links).

 

[CluckAcres]

Can anyone identify this beauty

yes looks like australorp. every australorp chick i have had and hatched out was black and white.

 

[CluckAcres]

here is a pic of some australorp and polish chicks.

 

[AATH]

AATH, I would assume black sexlinks, myself, if all it said was black pullets.

Is black sexlinked a breed of its own? I always thought sexlinked just meant they were sexed but they had an official breed. For instance I got a few from TSC that were labeled red sexlinked. But they were actually red comets that had been sex linked. So I guess the question is shouldn't have an actual breed name? Ps if you are confused dont feel bad bc I just confused myself.

 

[AATH]

here is a pic of some australorp and polish chicks.

Wow those polish are neat looking. But I noticed a few things that may or may not mean anything first yours has a lot more white and second mines legs are almost all black. Does that mean anything?

 

[AATH]

PIPD- I looked it up it said they are hybrids of different breeds. So I guess I won't know the two breeds until they feather out.

 

[strssdmom]

Is black sexlinked a breed of its own? I always thought sexlinked just meant they were sexed but they had an official breed. For instance I got a few from TSC that were labeled red sexlinked. But they were actually red comets that had been sex linked. So I guess the question is shouldn't have an actual breed name? Ps if you are confused dont feel bad bc I just confused myself.

My understanding is...
Black Sex Link is a cross breed of two different breeds of birds. Sex link refers to the fact that they come out two different colors males are one color and females are a different color.

According to Wikipedia...
Blacks are a cross between a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a Barred Rock hen. Red sex-links are a cross between a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a White Rock, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island White or Delaware hen. One example of a red linked breed is the Red Shaver. In Europe, the Cream Legbar (an actual true-breeding pure breed) and ISA Brown sex-links also exist.[3]

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Sexlinks are hybrids, mixes of certain breeds that produce chicks that are sexable upon hatch. I believe black sexlinks are from a Rhode Island red rooster over barred rock hens? Anyway, the pullets look like your little girls and the cockerels look similar, but would have a white spot on the backs of their heads. That's only what I would assume they are, though. I'd say you'll have to wait for them to grow out to know for sure. If they are black sexlink pullets, as adults they'll be black with varying amounts of red feathers in their hackles.