Red sex links

[mandtroof]

I will have to post more pictures tomorrow, but can anyone help me sex my reds here?

 

[subhanalah]

If they are sex links, they are pullets.

 

[mandtroof]

If they are sex links, they are pullets.

I didn't know that. All sex links, red and black are pullets? How does that happen? Just realizing you might mean if they are even red sex links? If that's what you meant, What else could they be? Thanks for the reply. I appreciate the input.

 

[subhanalah]

They could be hatchery Rhode Island reds or production reds.
Red sex links mean that the pullets are red. I believe the Cockerels are yellow/white.

 

[mandtroof]

They could be hatchery Rhode Island reds or production reds.
Red sex links mean that the pulleys are red. I believe the Cockerels are yellow/white.

I have 11 chickens and I don't think I am ever going to figure this out! Thanks.

 

[Griffinsong]

Red sex links[and relatedly, brown and gold sex links] are bred for the sexes to look different at hatch; males are white with a little bit of red, females are red with varying degrees of white. This is due to the way genetics work when crossing gold and silver based birds.
Black sex links use the same principle, but a different gene, Barring. Males will inherit the barring from the mother, females will not.
Sex links sold as pullets will be all girls. it's very hard to make a mistake with them if they are a first generation cross [they don't breed true, the sex linking does not work after one generation]

 

[mandtroof]

Well that is so cool! And I'm very happy to find out my girls are girls you mentioned the black sex links being barred for males and not for girls. I I have two of those also, and I'm not sure what is meant by barring. Here is a picture if you don't mind, tell me again what you think. Thanks so much.

 

[Griffinsong]

Those are black sexlink pullets, they are black with some red/buff on the chest or neck, the males are black with even white stripes because their one barring gene causes white striping over the body [as still fluffy chicks barred males are black and white but have a white spot on top of the head, the females have no white spot]

 

[mandtroof]

Well that is so cool! And I'm very happy to find out my girls are girls you mentioned the black sex links being barred for males and not for girls. I I have two of those also, and I'm not sure what is meant by barring. Here is a picture if you don't mind, tell me again what you think. Thanks so much.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Your BSL are also pullets - here is an illustration of the color/pattern difference in male and female BSL


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