Second/Third Generation Sex-Links?

[Blackberry18]

I just realized I do have this picture. Not a White Rock (roo) x Red Sex Link (hen).

This is one that I got in a egg swap here on back yard chickens.
The dad (roo) is a Red Naked Neck
The mon(hen) is a Golden Comet. Not really sure how a Golden Comet is made, I think different recipes for different hatcheries. But they are basically a Rex Sex Link.
Here's my pullet:

The head and neck shot.

Mid-section to tail shot.

The White Rock /RSL pullets looked somewhat like this but the buff/red color was quite a bit fainter, and not quite so much color showing thru. I think though that you could possibly get some with more red in them.

Thanks a bunch!

Nope, not sure at all. Just anectdotally, the seller told her they were NH's (or NH mixes), which I assume is true, since they are lighter than Production Reds, some much lighter. Their faces are also more "clean" (not as feathered) so their red skin shows more than I'm used to seeing, which I think is a NH trait. So I'm fairly certain that the sire was a NH, and that's about it.

The White Rock is just one of the possible dames I found used for the brand 'Golden Comet' (where the pics looked very similar)--but yea, the dame could definitely be a White RIR, or a Delaware, etc. I don't know how to tell the difference, since it seems they only contribute a few white feathers.

These birds have much less white than a lot of the RSL's I've seen. They don't have patches of bright white feathers anywhere, it's more subtle than that. Like I said, most look very much like pure NH's, except their tail feathers have white tips instead of black. The one on the right in this pic is what hers look most like:



*This pic and the idea that the Golden Comet includes a NH sire over a White Rock dame came from this excellent link: http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/what-breed-is-it-understanding-sex-link-chickens/

I get what you mean. I think a lot of places cross Rhode Island Red x Rhode Island White, but it can vary a lot. Beautiful Sex-Links, though.

 

[donrae]

Fred's Hens had a thread long ago about breeding sex links to the third generation. You can search for it, but the pics are gone. You can read his text, though. If I recall he was using red sex links and wound up with a lot of white birds by the 3rd gen.

 

[Blackberry18]

Fred's Hens had a thread long ago about breeding sex links to the third generation. You can search for it, but the pics are gone. You can read his text, though. If I recall he was using red sex links and wound up with a lot of white birds by the 3rd gen.

Yeah, I read that. I messaged him if he had any photos left, but he unfortunately didn't.