Sex- linked Information

[Kev]

I think it will be hard to tell, at hatching, which of the black f2 chicks are the females (which have red streaks in their hackle when they feather) and which are the males, (which will probably have pale streaks in the hackle when they feather).Maybe I'm wrong. I hope so. The duckwing f2s may be easier. The difference between gold s+/- and golden S/s+ duckwings can be more subtle than some other sex link combos though. You will be getting blacks of both sexes and duckwings of both sexes in the f2 generation. But I'm sure you know that.

Yeah I agree with this. The black ones could be tricky until older.

 

[Kev]

This pullet is from a Buff Orpington rooster and a Barred rock hen. She was brown with a orangy coloured face at hatch. I believe if the chick had been a cockerel he would have been black with silver. Is this correct? This is my first hatch ever.

The basic answer would have been yes- you are spot on about the very basic genetics- if male it would have been silver colored with barring.

However it is possible buff orps may have certain genes that silver doesn't easily overcome, resulting in cockerels that show a yellow color in the silver areas instead of a clean, crisp silver white. Some males would have ended up what many would call "crele"- barred bird with color besides black and white.

The girl is a great example of genetics in buffs that aren't really present in other colors/breeds- the collar of mostly clear buff area plus having far more extensive coloring than the typical black sexlink.

Solid buff is one of the more genetically complicated colors-needs more than a few mutant genes. So that's the 'wrench' in your otherwise completely correct guess.


Pretty girl, by the way!

 

[Chickaddict44]

The basic answer would have been yes- you are spot on about the very basic genetics- if male it would have been silver colored with barring.

However it is possible buff orps may have certain genes that silver doesn't easily overcome, resulting in cockerels that show a yellow color in the silver areas instead of a clean, crisp silver white. Some males would have ended up what many would call "crele"- barred bird with color besides black and white.

The girl is a great example of genetics in buffs that aren't really present in other colors/breeds- the collar of mostly clear buff area plus having far more extensive coloring than the typical black sexlink.

Solid buff is one of the more genetically complicated colors-needs more than a few mutant genes. So that's the 'wrench' in your otherwise completely correct guess.


Pretty girl, by the way!

Thank you! I'm very new to all this. What you explained is very helpful and interesting. I really love the colouring of this girl.

 

[birdbrain79]

Hey gang,
For the f1 cross I used a silver duckwing cock over a dominique hen. The pullets would be black with silver hackles. When I cross those silver hackled black pullets with red duckwing cocks the offspring will be sexlinked because the roosters will have silver hackles and the pullets won't.
Now I will admit I don't know if I will be able to sex the chicks when they hatch, but I do know that when they start to feather out the ones with silver in their hackles are roosters.

 

[junebuggena]

You won't for sure until the neck feathers grow in at around 5 or six weeks. But by then you already know who's a boy based on comb usually.

 

[englishcockers]

Hey gang,
For the f1 cross I used a silver duckwing cock over a dominique hen. The pullets would be black with silver hackles. When I cross those silver hackled black pullets with red duckwing cocks the offspring will be sexlinked because the roosters will have silver hackles and the pullets won't.
Now I will admit I don't know if I will be able to sex the chicks when they hatch, but I do know that when they start to feather out the ones with silver in their hackles are roosters.

I'll be interested to see the f2s,... I guess that is months, if not a year, down the road. I'm especially curious how much difference between sexes we'll see, at hatch, in the 50% of that generation that are duckwing pattern.

 

[Ridgerunner]

This pullet is from a Buff Orpington rooster and a Barred rock hen. She was brown with a orangy coloured face at hatch. I believe if the chick had been a cockerel he would have been black with silver. Is this correct? This is my first hatch ever.

I just wanted to thank you for that photo. It's been a long time since I've seen a photo of that cross and I remembered it as being a darker orange color and more of a black color instead of brown, probably due to slight genetic differences. It's always good to see actual results of crosses like that instead of just going by theory.

 

[Chickaddict44]

I just wanted to thank you for that photo. It's been a long time since I've seen a photo of that cross and I remembered it as being a darker orange color and more of a black color instead of brown, probably due to slight genetic differences. It's always good to see actual results of crosses like that instead of just going by theory.

You are welcome! When she hatched I searched for info on Buff Orpington/Barred Rock sex link chicks and there wasn't much info or actual pics of chicks from this pairing. I was really happy I got a pullet. This was a first time hatch for me and my hen. She really is a pretty girl.

 

[Kraftcrazychick]

You are welcome! When she hatched I searched for info on Buff Orpington/Barred Rock sex link chicks and there wasn't much info or actual pics of chicks from this pairing. I was really happy I got a pullet. This was a first time hatch for me and my hen. She really is a pretty girl.

I am hoping I can convince my husband to let me have a buff orpington rooster because of this mix. If I love the color! I think I've saturated my brain in sex-linking enough (correct me if I'm wrong), that I believe I can use him to create red sex links with my Black Australorps Hens and black sex links with my Dominique hens. I would assume that with the Dominique it would be a similar color but with more comb possibiities.

 

[Chickaddict44]

I am hoping I can convince my husband to let me have a buff orpington rooster because of this mix. If I love the color! I think I've saturated my brain in sex-linking enough (correct me if I'm wrong), that I believe I can use him to create red sex links with my Black Australorps Hens and black sex links with my Dominique hens. I would assume that with the Dominique it would be a similar color but with more comb possibiities.

Hi. I wish I could offer advice but I'm fairly new to chickens and this was my first broody hatch. Maybe someone else on the forum can verify the info you want on the red sex links. Good luck.