Is there any difference??

[CooCoo4Chickens]

Is there any difference between Red sex-link chickens besides their parents? And what type do you like best?

 

[Cowgirl71]

If your wanting high egg production, my favorites are: McMurray's Red Stars, Cackle's Golden Comets, and Ideal's Gold Sex-Links, in no particular order.

 

[BookWorm243]

Red Stars, Golden Comets, Red Sex Links, Gold Star, Isa Brown, Amber Links and Golden Sexlinks are all the same bird just differnt names. I like to get mine from My Pet Chicken, not that it matters they are the same at every hatchery

 

[RAREROO]

They are probably all about the same, the names are all confusing becuase there is so much conflicting information as to which breeds are crossed to make all the particular name brands when a lot of times they are four way crosses anyway. But they are basicly all the same. Just some carry Dom White and have white tails and some have black tails.

 

[RAREROO]

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Just a small correction, Amber Links are not the same as the others, they are white with red markings in both sexes and are feather sexed rather than color sexed. But as far as laying and all the good stuff, they are probably about the same.

 

[BookWorm243]

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Just a small correction, Amber Links are not the same as the others, they are white with red markings in both sexes and are feather sexed rather than color sexed. But as far as laying and all the good stuff, they are probably about the same.

Sorry forgot to put that in

 

[Newyorkrita]

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Just a small correction, Amber Links are not the same as the others, they are white with red markings in both sexes and are feather sexed rather than color sexed. But as far as laying and all the good stuff, they are probably about the same.

So how are the Amber LInks feather sexed? I need really easy to tell the boys from the girls

 

[RAREROO]

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Just a small correction, Amber Links are not the same as the others, they are white with red markings in both sexes and are feather sexed rather than color sexed. But as far as laying and all the good stuff, they are probably about the same.

So how are the Amber LInks feather sexed? I need really easy to tell the boys from the girls

It has to be bred for, they cross a rapid feathering breed rooster like a White Leghorn with a slow feathering breed like RIR and that makes pullets that feahter faster and has longer wing feathers than the males.