Is white sex link a breed?

[tazmarri]

View attachment 1500489 View attachment 1500487 Hello,
I picked up some chicks from TS last weekend. The bin was marked “pullets”
A picture of a white chicken “white sex-linked” and picture of a black chicken “black sex-linked”. So I grabbed a white one, a black one, and a couple of theses little grayish chicks that I discovered were Sapphire Gems!! Anyway...here is a picture of my “white sex-linked” chick. Tail feathers are super long...wondering if I have a rooster or if it’s normal for the tail feathers to be this long already!

 

[AlleysChicks]

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[tazmarri]

 

[tazmarri]

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Most likely it's an Amber Link. They are sex linked, and usually get a little brown on their shoulders as they mature.

 

[tazmarri]

Is it unusual for the tail feathers to be so long at such a young age?

 

[tazmarri]

Most likely it's an Amber Link. They are sex linked, and usually get a little brown on their shoulders as they mature.

Have you ever heard of white sex link?

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Have you ever heard of white sex link?

Well, technically, no. There isn't any sex link officially named that. But it's very likely that TSC just 'nicknamed' them that, so that customers would have a better idea what they were buying.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Is it unusual for the tail feathers to be so long at such a young age?

No. All chickens have different growth rates.

 

[lazy gardener]

To my knowledge there is not pure white chick which would be a sex linked pullet, unless she is a feather sex link. She may be an Amber link, in which case, she will be sprouting some golden colored feathers. Or, it could be a male sex link. Red sex linked males present as white or yellow chicks. Find out which hatchery your TSC uses, then do a search for the varieties they carry.