Question about red sexlinks

[talkinboutchickens]

Hi, I have a kinda odd question about red sexlinks. So I know how there are ISA browns, golden comets, Lohmann browns, bovan browns, hyline browns, etc.
Now, are those hybrids all variations and made up of different combos to make a red sexlink, making them each unique, or are they all the exact same thing, just called different names by hatcheries? So when I say "red sexlink", is that technically one singular hybrid that can be called many different names, or a category which many variations of red sexlinks fall under? At this point I'm confusing myself lol- I've been wondering about this for a while now, just haven't had a chance to ask. Thank you so much to anyone who can answer this! Sorry for any confusion.

 

[sourland]

Red sex links are created by using various parent stocks - no they are not all the exact same thing.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Red sex links are created by using various parent stocks - no they are not all the exact same thing.

TY! So they are all red sexlinks but not all the same exact thing basically.

 

[Chicalina]

They are a hybrid and can be created by crossing a red male with a white female, of many different breeds. Some favourites are RIR with Light Sussex/Delaware/Leghorn. But the red genes could be from various breeds too, or even a type that the hatchery has developed that isn't a pure breed.

Have a read of this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-truth-and-guide-to-red-sex-links.74294/

 

[talkinboutchickens]

They are a hybrid and can be created by crossing a red male with a white female, of many different breeds. Some favourites are RIR with Light Sussex/Delaware/Leghorn. But the red genes could be from various breeds too, or even a type that the hatchery has developed that isn't a pure breed.

Have a read of this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-truth-and-guide-to-red-sex-links.74294/

Thank you, that is very helpful!

 

[AinaWGSD]

Yes. Some of these hybrids are more or less the same combination of breeds given different names by different hatcheries. Some of them are different combinations of breeds altogether (although commercial parent stock is so genetically different from the original stock they aren't really the same breed anymore).

A red sexlink happens when you cross a red (gold) rooster over silver (which turns red pigment white the same way dominant white turns black pigment white). Silver is carried only on the Z sex chromosome. Males are ZZ, females are ZW. So a silver female can only pass the silver gene on to her male offspring. When you breed a silver hen to a non-silver (gold) rooster, all of the males will get a silver gene from the hen and a non-silver gene from the rooster. Since silver is dominant over gold (red) the male chicks will look silver at hatch. The non-silver rooater has to be gold (red) based because black is dominant over pretty much everything but dominant white. So if you use a black based rooster over a silver hen ALL of the chicks will hatch out black.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Yes. Some of these hybrids are more or less the same combination of breeds given different names by different hatcheries. Some of them are different combinations of breeds altogether (although commercial parent stock is so genetically different from the original stock they aren't really the same breed anymore).

A red sexlink happens when you cross a red (gold) rooster over silver (which turns red pigment white the same way dominant white turns black pigment white). Silver is carried only on the Z sex chromosome. Males are ZZ, females are ZW. So a silver female can only pass the silver gene on to her male offspring. When you breed a silver hen to a non-silver (gold) rooster, all of the males will get a silver gene from the hen and a non-silver gene from the rooster. Since silver is dominant over gold (red) the male chicks will look silver at hatch. The non-silver rooater has to be gold (red) based because black is dominant over pretty much everything but dominant white. So if you use a black based rooster over a silver hen ALL of the chicks will hatch out black.

Wow, thank you so much for the breakdown of everything! This will come in handy when I hopefully become a chicken breeder someday.