Sex link breeding

[Chad Nolen]

We are attempting to hatch birds from our first flock. We have a rir rooster. Delaware hens, barred rock, rir & New Hampshire hens.

We understand all of these will create a red or black sex link with the rir rooster and rir hen will obviously be a rir. However what happens then when we breed the sex link birds? Does production drop off on the 2nd & 3rd gen generation? What do people cross sex link roosters with as well?

 

[Cyprus]

We are attempting to hatch birds from our first flock. We have a rir rooster. Delaware hens, barred rock, rir & New Hampshire hens.

We understand all of these will create a red or black sex link with the rir rooster and rir hen will obviously be a rir. However what happens then when we breed the sex link birds? Does production drop off on the 2nd & 3rd gen generation? What do people cross sex link roosters with as well?

Breeding sex links together losing the sex linkage.
Production should still be okay.

 

[Chad Nolen]

ok so simply when bred you are not aware of what sex they are. However then for what purpose do people use a sex link rooster? if any? sorry if this is a dumb question

 

[Cyprus]

ok so simply when bred you are not aware of what sex they are. However then for what purpose do people use a sex link rooster? if any? sorry if this is a dumb question

Well, breeding maybe.
Mostly they are meat.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Rhode Island Red over Delaware hens will create Red Sex Links. Rhode Island Red over Barred Plymouth Rocks will create Black Sex Links. Rhode Island Red over New Hampshire will create Production Reds.
Breeding the sex links together will give you unsexable chicks at hatch that will not lay as well as their mothers.

 

[Chad Nolen]

ok that is ultimately what i'm looking for will they hatch as well. we are not worried on the sexing part as much as our kids just enjoy it and then we give away whatever we don't want.