Red/Black Sexlink

[nancypo]

Here's Pru, she has a beautiful beetle green in her feathers, the biggest of the 2 s.l.'s-

Sarah-

These 2 pics are a bit older, when theywere about 4/5 months old or so, the combs are bigger now and Sarah's colors are more even. They're both very friendly...

 

[lemongrass]

I just ordered 25 red stars from McMurray, they come in the next few days. The birds I have now, all a month old, came from a woman down the street who had sex links, barred rocks, and EEs all mixed together. Two of them were born yellow and are now feathering in with lots of red. My research tells me that this means they are roosters, is this correct? They're beautiful and almost entirely red now, one of them has more white on his head than the other. I wasn't sure if them possibly being mixed breed would mess up the ability to accurately sex based on the color. I was hoping for some girl sex links from this batch but I'm not sure I got so lucky.. there might be one black sex link that might be a girl. I think the rest are barred rock and EEs.

 

[newchicks5]

i'am getting special blacks from sunnyside in beaver dam they,ll be here wed .there dekalb amberlink the co said first time having chicks here cant wait.

 

[nancypo]

I bought my SL's because I only wanted hens, with our citiy's zoning. Here's my pics of them at a few days old-

Pru had a very faint cream dot on the top of her head and some white near her rear feathers

Maybe your seller would give you a refund?

 

[hlf1996]

when the chicks get older I may want to breed them.. I know they wont be sexlinks but that dosent matter, what do you think would a good rooster breed for the black/red sexlink hens?

 

[nancypo]

There's info here and on other parts of the board that might be useful-

https://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/