Rhode Island red/Bielefelder cross

[AmeraucanaHank]

hi,
today I hatched a Rhode Island red/Bielefelder cross. my question is: will I be able to determine if they are female or male like a purebred Bielefelder chick?

 

[nuthatched]

I doubt it but you can take a stab at it. What are they looking like so far?

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

What are they looking like so far?

It looks like a female bielefelder chick.

 

[GravityWaves]

It depends on which breed the rooster is. Here's a post from a thread asking about the same breeds:

Bielefelder rooster, Rhode Island Red hens:
not sex links. All chicks will be gold (or red), all will be barred.

Rhode Island Red rooster, Bielefelder hens:
sex links. Males will be barred, females not barred. (All will be gold/red.)

Rhode Island Red rooster, silver hens:
sex links. Males will be silver, females gold.

Bielefelder rooster, silver hens:
sex links. Males will be silver, females gold. (All will be barred.)

Yes, Bielefelders are barred and gold.

You can make sexlinks with barring or with gold/silver.
Or you can use both, if you put Delaware hens with a Rhode Island Red rooster!
(That will give males silver barred, females gold not-barred.)

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

It depends on which breed the rooster is. Here's a post from a thread asking about the same breeds:

the rooster is Bielefelder.

 

[NatJ]

the rooster is Bielefelder.

You will not be able to sex the chick by color if it has a Bielefelder father and a Rhode Island Red mother.

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

You will not be able to sex the chick by color if it has a Bielefelder father and a Rhode Island Red mother.

Okay, darn!
thanks!

 

[RandyAruba]

Any picture of both crosses

Bielefelder rooster x rhode island red hen
And rhode island red rooster x bielefelder hen??

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

Any picture of both crosses

Bielefelder rooster x rhode island red hen
And rhode island red rooster x bielefelder hen??

I just have the Bielefelder rooster x Rhode Island Red hen mix. Here's my favorite one:

 

[gunslinger33]

I just have the Bielefelder rooster x Rhode Island Red hen mix. Here's my favorite one: View attachment 3242121

How is this cross working out? Are they good layers?