Okies in the BYC The Original

[Stimpy]

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Wasn't that during the time that Lynn was in the hospital with his snake bite? If so, that would have been the week before the Blanchard auction I attended on May 23 - which should have them hatching out this week or weekend if I can count on the calendar. Of course, I tend to be "calendar challenged" and have to look at a year at a time calendar or I get lost in the count when I turn the page for the next month

I'm equally challenged. I can never remember to write down dates, so I'm always surprised on hatching days. I try to make sure everything comes out on a Wednesday. I hope you're right. I hope this is the week.

-Stimp-

 

[al6517]

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I like these birds had a few some yrs back, great layers and like NN said no fight and flightyness, A golden Comet is a close match for these birds and easier to find.

AL

 

[HennyPennies2007]

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I have a Hampshire Red roo, production red hens, Bos and barred rocks. But some of these chicklets I got out of them look a lot like Cinnamons

 

[poultryand bees]

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Other than because you prefer white chickens, why would you want anything that lays a white egg? Boring...... You can get white eggs at the grocery store and not have to clean coops and change water dishes.

 

[al6517]

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That may take some thought i haven't heard of one yet, I am all thumbs so far on the genetic issues.

How are your Rocks doing this summer Stimp?, You getting any good propects so far?.

AL

 

[poultryand bees]

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where will the barring come from, since neither the RIR nor the white leghorn have barred feathers?

 

[al6517]

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Interesting????, so is the hen in a sex link production red a Barred rock??.

AL

 

[nnbreeder]

To create a red sex=link they use a Barred Rock over a RIR hen. I think. All of the chicks will be different colors from males to females.

Here is a good site that explains much better then I do.

http://www.small-farm-permaculture-and-sustainable-living.com/black_sex_link_chickens.html

 

[nnbreeder]

And Stimpy here is a very long read on producing white auto-sexing birds for the broiler industry, they should lay white eggs.

http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2001030136&IA=US2000016328&DISPLAY=DESC

 

[poultryand bees]

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that is a facinating article! I bookmarked it so I could find it again. I had no idea that there were so many possible combination to get sex linked chicks. I guess the "trick" only works in the first generation however, so you don't get the sex-linked color in the second generation if you cross a black sex-linked hen back to say a RIR rooster.