Sex- linked Information

[junebuggena]

The sexlinking only works if the hen is barred. A barred rooster will pass a copy of the barring gene to all of his offspring, regardless of gender.

 

[toischebonne]

Sorry, I'm still not really understanding. So barred means the male and females all have the same colours? I was told that breeding my EE roo (welsummer dad, CCL mom) with my black EE would produce barred and black girls, and barred and black boys with leakage. I can't picture what those would look like.

Both the female and male are of the same pattern and color (colour), relatively the same. Here is a Barred Plymouth Rock female, Single Comb. There are other breeds that also have barring,such as Dominique. Dominique female, Rose Comb.

 

[Ridgerunner]

There are several different patterns that can be on feathers, they are controlled by genetics. Barring is one of these patterns that happens to be sex linked so you can use it to develop sex linked chicks. Barring is simply white stripes across the feathers as shown at the bottom of this link. As you can see, there are several different patterns that can be on freathers.

http://104homestead.com/feather-patterns-comb-styles/

People tend to think that barring is just black and white, but the other color can vary quite a bit. The white bar is consistently white, but the other color on the barred feather can be black, red, blue, buff, or many others.

 

[toischebonne]

There are several different patterns that can be on feathers, they are controlled by genetics. Barring is one of these patterns that happens to be sex linked so you can use it to develop sex linked chicks. Barring is simply white stripes across the feathers as shown at the bottom of this link. As you can see, there are several different patterns that can be on freathers.

http://104homestead.com/feather-patterns-comb-styles/

People tend to think that barring is just black and white, but the other color can vary quite a bit. The white bar is consistently white, but the other color on the barred feather can be black, red, blue, buff, or many others.

Perfect, thanks so much! That's what I wasn't getting.

 

[junebuggena]

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"Can a laced wyandotte hen and black australorp rooster make sex linked?"

No. The Black Australorp's very dominant extended black pattern gene will cover any base coloring. A silver laced Wyandotte hen can produce red sexlinks if she's paired with a red base color rooster. However, the key factor for this type of sexlink is being able to see the base colors. Since no base color can be seen on solid black birds, no sexlinking is possible.

 

[BaileyMChicks]

I didn't see this breed on the chart, but I was wondering if I crossed my egyptian fayoumi hens with a crossbreed rooster(he is a rhode island red X golden laced wyandotte. Would he work? He looks like a black laced wyandotte.) would I get red sexlinks? I'm not sure if the hens are 'silver' or not..??

 

[junebuggena]

I didn't see this breed on the chart, but I was wondering if I crossed my egyptian fayoumi hens with a crossbreed rooster(he is a rhode island red X golden laced wyandotte. Would he work? He looks like a black laced wyandotte.) would I get red sexlinks? I'm not sure if the hens are 'silver' or not..??

If your hens are black and white, then they are silver. You may not be able to see the differences in the genders at hatching. But, as they feather in, it should be pretty obvious.

 

[SlipsWife]

Do they both look like red sex link pullets (from ideal?) the one on the left is much lighter than the one on the right but still has a reddish tint. A cockerel would be really yellow right? The lighter one is significantly larger than the red one, which was another reason I'm a little confused and want to make sure I have two pullets because I only ordered the two sexlinks, 'knowing' I would get pullets and then the other breeds are sexed so I know there's a chance of cockerels in the mix. If it looks like this one is a cockerel I might go out and pick up a few sexlinks at our local TSC that just got an order in.

 

[junebuggena]

Do they both look like red sex link pullets (from ideal?) the one on the left is much lighter than the one on the right but still has a reddish tint. A cockerel would be really yellow right? The lighter one is significantly larger than the red one, which was another reason I'm a little confused and want to make sure I have two pullets because I only ordered the two sexlinks, 'knowing' I would get pullets and then the other breeds are sexed so I know there's a chance of cockerels in the mix. If it looks like this one is a cockerel I might go out and pick up a few sexlinks at our local TSC that just got an order in.

If they are directly from the hatchery, both are pullets. The lighter chick is not the pale yellow/white of a cockerel. TSC is not a reliable place to get chicks, even sexlinked ones. They often get straight run, and sell them as sexed pullets. In my experience, Ideal is usually pretty darn accurate in sexing.

 

[SlipsWife]

If they are directly from the hatchery, both are pullets. The lighter chick is not the pale yellow/white of a cockerel. TSC is not a reliable place to get chicks, even sexlinked ones. They often get straight run, and sell them as sexed pullets. In my experience, Ideal is usually pretty darn accurate in sexing. 

Thank you! Yes, they are directly from Ideal. I didn't think they were getting here until tomorrow so I wasn't prepared, I ran into TSC to buy a few things and they had chicks (which surprised me this late in the year) so I figured if Ideal slipped up and just grabbed the wrong one, I could pick up a few since sexlinks were my husband's request and the other 20+ were my picks. Lol Okay, no more chicks until spring!