RIR and BR cross?

[09northernchick]

That is what the lady at my farm store told me. She wasn't sure though. They can tell the sex at birth due to their colouring I believe. Does that make them black sex linked or what does that term mean?

Here they are at two days old and today at 2 weeks old.

They are light beige on the wings at this point and a rusty colour coming through around the top of the wings, chest and neck.

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, RIR over BR hen= black sexlink. Those look like red sexlinks, though where the light ones are male, orangey ones are female. Black sexlinks are, well, black.

 

[erin09]

Your first pic looks exactly like my chicks. I got mixed replies as to what mine are. RIR, red sex-link, production red and even a BO guess.

I'm anxious to see how they how they feather out!

 

[aank4]

Look like red sex links to me, too (sometimes called Red Star, or ISA Browns). I have a red sex link hen, and she looked a lot like your photos. My understanding is that they are produced by crossing a RIR male with a RIW female. If you had a RIR and BR cross, you'd have black sex links, instead of red. (And your chickies don't look like black sex links).

 

[Redhead Hen]

They look very similar to my Golden Comets (aka Red Sexlinks)! (Please correct me if that is wrong!

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Here are some pics of mine!

They are a few days old here.

Here they are about 2-3 wks old.

Here they are at about a month old.