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I'd like to know where you guys get this from, I always hear people say this yet when I or somebody else asks where this belief comes from they never seem to come up with a good source.
In my experience Red sexlinks are great layers even when they are old, they do slow down, but then again all chickens do, I've had a flock of 4 years old RSL hens they laid excellent for their age, about 4 to 5 eggs a week, lived with me for a year, then I sold them to somebody else, that was a year ago, and that person that I sold them too they still have them.
Also I know this guy that rescues hens from egg factories after they don't need them anymore, he tries to rehome as many as he can but, I've talked to him and he has told me that this hens even tho have been treated really bad they're still pretty good layers and for the most part friendly.
I myself have 3 Red sexlinks and 3 golden comets, have not had a single problem with them, and they do not bother any of my other hens at all, they'r just really sweet friendly and great laying hens.
There is no ONE red sex link. There are dozens and dozens of hatcheries making dozens of strains. Many of the generalities attributed to some do not apply to all.
There is simply no statement about laying, personality, longevity, mis-behaviors, or problems that can be said to be universally true. It isn't a breed. Thus, the red sex link has no one personality as, again, it isn't a breed. RSLs can be made from many different birds, using many different possibilities for parent stock, including many different strains from the poultry genetics companies for commercial purposes. Saying something akin to "I'll never get RSLs again" is understandable, as is "I love my RSLs". Both statements can be true. It completely depends on what RSL one purchased, from which strain, from which hatchery.
Two people can order RSLs from two different hatcheries and get two similar looking birds that have nothing, nothing in common, including their parentage.
