Red Star?

[juliejohnson805]

So they will just be varying colors? mutt chickens? Sorry to ask so many questions.....

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I think he is sorely misinformed. I know he is not open to hearing he might be wrong. I tried that when I got the other so called Amercauna from him. What will he get when he crosses a Red Star roo with Red Star hen? I'm now kinda curious.....

A barnyard mix that is not able to be sexed by color at hatch. Sex linking does not carry into the second generation. This is why, when I see people selling "cinnamon queen" or "red star" chicks from their own flocks I will ask what specific cross they use for their chicks -- nearly 50% of the time I'll get "I have cinnamon queen hens and a cinnamon queen rooster" (usually with a bit of a "duh" sort of tone) - at which point I know that these are not the chicks for me. If the person seems open to being gently educated I will do so, but as you have seen with this person there are plenty of folks who opt to dig in and refuse to hear any differing information.

 

[donrae]

He'll get basically red and white chicks, but no longer will the sex be linked to the color. Males will be red, females will be white, both genders will be multi-colored.

the females will still be good egg layers.

I'd love to be able to get that much for chicks! here, seems I can either sell them as brooder chicks, or as point of lay. If I try to sell them in between, folks balk at paying. they'll pay $5 for a sex link day old chick or straight run Marans. They'll pay $20 for pretty much any breed point of lay pullet. But ask them to pay $10-12 for a bird in between and they act like I'm trying to pull something over on them

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Sorry, just a little rant.

I think Red Stars are the name McMurray hatchery gives their red sex links. They're easy enough to get, just call the hatchery and place an order. They're a few dollars each.

 

[juliejohnson805]

Thanks for all the info folks! Trying to learn is hard with so much information out there. The breeding aspect is very interesting to me and I'm confident I will, at some point, try my hand at it. For now I have to live vicariously through this forum while just enjoying my little flock.

 

[AZ Chicken Mama]

Is this a red star? That is what I was told. Red Stars are sexed hens also, correct? She is almost three months old.