RHODE ISLAND RED x WHITE LEGHORN

[chicksonline]

I brought some eggs for a sex link of th e those island reds and white leghorns and was wondering what is Male and that is female if you can tell me what was what
Thanks

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Come back in a month and we will have a better idea.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

White leghorns are generally a poor choice for trying to sex link as they are dominant white which gums up the genetics you need for sex linking.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

It was red male over silver right? The Leghorn would have to carry silver to make a sex link. Pullets hatch yellow red and males hatch yellow white. Ya know how many chicks have a yellow fluff at hatch. But again, it would have to have come from a mother carrying silver for that to work.

 

[Trish1974]

Hope its a female, as that will be one lean, mean, egg-laying machine!

 

[sylviethecochin]

That's not a sexlink.

White Leghorns are Dominant white (I/I) on a solid background (E/E)
RIRs are black (i/i) on a red wheaten background (E^Wh/E^Wh)

All of the chicks will inherit one of those genes from each parent. They'll be (I/i) and (E/E^Wh) The white is dominant. So is the solid background. So they'll all be white on a solid background--no sexlinking.

 

[Gray Farms]

RIR x White Leghorn won't work for sexlinking.

 

[drumstick diva]

agree