Info on how to breed sex links

[Hopeful homesteader]

I was wondering if anyone knows of any articles I can read that discusses which breed crossings result in what types of sex linked chickens?

 

[Quarterhorses1]

Try searching for articles on hete

 

[picklestheduck]

Have you googled info on certain sex linked chickens? I found a ton of information on red sex links and how they originate from crosses of birds like Rhode Island reds and isadoras and such.

 

[3KillerBs]

One option is solid male x barred female. All males will be barred and all females will be solid. That's the only sex-link that I know how to make.

There's also one with red vs gold and another with fast feathering vs slow feathering, but I don't know how those work.

 

[Tinypahomestead]

I experimented with this about 10 years ago and came up with an interesting one...I used an Ameraucana roo over White Leghorns so I could get green eggs that were larger and more frequent. Interestingly, within a couple of weeks, all the girls had grey legs and the boys had yellow legs. Have fun with it, there could be some interesting mixes out there.

 

[MadGardener]

I've really enjoyed this post. If you're also interested in chickens for meat I think you'll find it interesting. The OP has 2 meaty dual purpose breeds that will create sex links when bred to each other.

 

[defazzy]

You can use any gene that's located on a sex chromosome (z/w) to create a sex link cross. If you're looking for the basics, it's well explained in this article. It describes the classic sex-linked cross of a RIR and a silver sussex hen.

The barring gene is also a sex gene on the z-chromosome that's used a lot. So in the example of 3killerbs, the female (zw) carries the barring gene on her z-chromosome and can't pass it to her daughters. I remember I've seen an article with a couple of examples to start from, but I can't seem to find it.

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

One option is solid male x barred female. All males will be barred and all females will be solid. That's the only sex-link that I know how to make.

There's also one with red vs gold and another with fast feathering vs slow feathering, but I don't know how those work.

Would a male buff Orpington work? What kind of other solids are out there? An americana isn't a solid, right?

 

[3KillerBs]

Would a male buff Orpington work? What kind of other solids are out there? An americana isn't a solid, right?

I'm not a big expert on this, but a Buff Orpington should work because he doesn't have a pattern. I don't know what you get if you mix bars and patterns.

Americanas -- the marketing name for Easter Eggers -- come in a vast rainbow of colors. Some are solid, some are not.

Ameraucanas come in named color varieties -- which is almost everything I know about them.