Opinion please. I have RIR rooster,

[ginbart]

If you want to sex them you could get a White rock, the pullets will be a orange and white and the cockerels will be all white. You could cull them then if you want. I could never do that I just gave them away letting the people I gave them to know they were going to be roos.

Sex links also lay great eggs.

 

[Don Jr]

I think i will cross with a white rock then. Thanks alot.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

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When my BR hens were chicks they had a white dot on thier head.

Max, I was referring to BLACK SEX-LINKS. NOT pure Barred Rocks.

 

[ella]

Again, not all White Rocks will have to correct genetics to produce a Sex Link. You may end up with mixed colors.

A RIR over Barred Rock will always produce a sex link.

 

[TK Poultry]

im trying to get a hybrid roo by breeding a white rock pullet to a barred rock roo this mating hypothetically will make sexlinks im going to try it just for fun

 

[Year of the Rooster]

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Mating the Barred Rock roo over white Rock hens won't make it a sex-linked cross. The hen has to be barred.

 

[M To The Maxx]

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When my BR hens were chicks they had a white dot on thier head.

Max, I was referring to BLACK SEX-LINKS. NOT pure Barred Rocks.

Oh. Okay.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Hmm...I thought it was a RIR roo over a RIW hen...

 

[tadkerson]

Cross the rhode island red on a delaware or light sussex or rhode island white. The males have whitish down and the females have a reddish down.

Tim

 

[ginbart]

Here is some informatin I found for you......


Gold Sex Links are a breed cross using Rhode Island Red males and Rhode Island White females. The female chicks are streaked with red or gold and can be separated from the solid white male chicks at one day old. This cross, which is one of the most popular used in commercial layer operations, is an efficient producer of large brown eggs. This outstanding cross has excellent livability, and mature hens, which weigh 5 1/2 lbs. can be salvaged for fowl meat when their use for laying is over.
Mature males will weigh approximately 8 lbs.

Red Sex Links are a breed cross using Rhode Island Red males and Delaware females. The females are primarily red while the males are primarily white; therefore, the sexes can be separated immediately following hatching. This layer is used in many commercial layer operations. They have excellent livability, and are very efficient producers of large brown eggs. Mature hens will weigh about 5 1/2 lbs. and can be salvaged for fowl meat when their use for laying is over.
Mature males will weigh approximately 8 lbs.

Brown Sex Links are a breed cross using Rhode Island Red males and silver factor White Rock females. The chicks can be separated by sex at the time of hatching since the females are primarily red and the males are primarily white. Commercial producers of brown eggs sometimes use this cross, which has excellent livability and efficiently produces large brown eggs. Hens from this cross weigh about 5 1/2 lbs. and can be salvaged for fowl meat when their use for laying is over.
Mature males will weigh approximately 8 lbs.

Black Sex Links are a breed cross using Rhode Island Red males and Barred Plymouth Rock females. The male chicks have a white spot on the top of their heads and can be separated from the solid black female chicks when they hatch. This cross, which is used in commercial layer operations, is an efficient producer of large brown eggs. They have excellent livability, and hens from this cross weigh about 5 1/2 lbs. and can be salvaged for fowl meat when their use for laying is over.
Mature males will weigh approximately 9 lbs