An easy rule of thumb for sex linked colors: the mothers must be the sex linked gene/color to get sex linked chicks. And the fathers lack the same gene.
Examples: Barred/cuckoo hens- not barred/cuckoo roosters, silver hens- gold roosters, slow feather hens-fast feathering roosters, etc...
The reason sex linking works is because the hens will be able to pass it down only to her sons while the roosters will be able to pass it on to both sexes.
Silver is a sex linked gene.. using a silver rooster will give you all silver offspring no matter what color the hens are(if he's pure for silver).
Silver rooster x bbr is a silver x gold mating- silver duckwing is just a red duckwing with "silver added". While all chicks are supposed to be silver, sometimes roosters from this kind of cross will turn out "gold duckwing".. bright/light yellow on hackles and saddles.
Are you going to try for NN crele longtails? That would be beautiful!