RIR x leghorn

[Lurch1]

Can you sex link this cross?

 

[Southernbelle]

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My initial thought was no. In SL crosses the roo is the RIR and you cross to a white chicken, but what you're really looking for is the "silver" gene and I don't think white leghorns have it. Delawares, Rhode Island Whites and White Rocks can be used.

 

[MrChicken207]

some white leghorn strains have the silver gene

 

[sourland]

50 years ago I crossed a RIR rooster on leghorn hens. If I recall correctly, all the chicks were white with black flecking. I do recall that the pullets were exceptional layers. I know that the hens matured to be primarily white with some black feathers. The cockerels we ate, but I think they were primarily white also.