Is my Broody truly a Golden Comet?

[SecondChanceRanch]

Don’t worry, it won’t be a little Frankenstein! It will probably be cute and wonderful, just not a high production egg layer when you actually make a sex linked chicken.
If you have a sexually mature rooster, chances aren’t your eggs are fertilized. You can tell when you crack them open and see a little white bullseye on the yoke. Obviously you can’t hatch ones that you crack, big I believe you should give the hen a few days and then candle the egg.
I do believe she is a sex linked hen. Rhode Island reds are typically not that big and they are much darker.

He is a BIG rooster and is always mating the girls. Were you saying the chances are that there are NOT fertilized eggs?

 

[rachelsflock]

Probably typo. If he's mature and mating with the hens that are laying the eggs are fertile. Unless I really missed something in bird 101.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

I can't tell for sure from that picture of your hen. Do you have an old one of her standing? Is your rooster white with red wing bars? All the second generation RSL I've see look similar to the RSL hens, but they aren't actually sex-linked.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

She’s a red sexlink (golden comet)Get a picture of her in the sun but I see the white specks on her neck,and the red body.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

My sexlink hen went broody twice in her four year lifespan.

 

[SecondChanceRanch]

Here's my roo and a little lighter pic of my broody. I would agree at this point with the Golden Comet identification.

I candled them this evening. I have no clue what the development is like at this point or how good we're doing (as I was nervous). We are at days 10 and 12, because I scooted a couple extra under her after she started.

There was one that was not fertilized and had hairline cracks that I removed. The others had something going on, just not sure to what extent. I'm too darn new.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Yup those are red sexlinks!

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Aka golden comets

 

[SecondChanceRanch]

Aka golden comets

Thank you!

 

[Aapomp831]

He is a BIG rooster and is always mating the girls. Were you saying the chances are that there are NOT fertilized eggs?

No I meant they definitely are fertile. Sorry, phone typing