Sex linked chicks...?

[Apocha14]

I had 2 chicks hatch from a delaware hen X welsummer roo. They are a day old today. They look like welsummer chicks...and i heard they are a sex linked breed like a pure welsummer. What do these look like to you?

 

[Twistedfeather]

They do look sexlinked (Is the darker one of the same cross?) I know when you have sex linked breeds with Delaware in them they tend to show it in color, welsummers show it sometime by the eye (there's a little band that is very prominent in females and not so prominent in males) My hunch is the two light ones are a gender and the darker one is the opposite, can you show a picture of their faces for us?

 

[Apocha14]

The darker one is an olive egger. The two others are the delawareXwelsummer. Im including a top of the head and face picture of each chick

 

[Twistedfeather]

Okay that makes more sense, for right now they look like the same gender if they successfully have a visibly sex linked

 

[Apocha14]

Yea i think so too! now its just a matter of male or female ahhah darn it! males in a delaware cross i believe hatch white, and welsummers have less present eyeliner...so I'm not sure which they are..

 

[Wyandottes7]

I don't believe that a Delaware hen crossed with a Welsummer rooster produces sex-links. Here is a link with some great information on sex-linking: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information


*Edited because of a mistake*

 

[Apocha14]

It's a welsummer roo with a Delaware hen I don't know if that makes a difference to be honest I didn't understand the chart

 

[BantamLover21]

I don't believe that a Delaware hen crossed with a Welsummer rooster produces sex-links. Here is a link with some great information on sex-linking: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information


*Edited because of a mistake*

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