Sex- linked Information

[tadkerson]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

I have a Rhode Island Red roo and a White Rock hen, if I breed them together that is a sex link right?

~ Aspen

Read the very first post.

Tim​

 

[tadkerson]

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I believe the most acurate sex link menthod is to use Fibromelanotic and sex linked id+ which is the gene responsable for pigment deposits on the shanks....

Yes, that is thinking out of the box.

Tim

 

[Chris09]

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There just known as a Black Sex-Link.


All Male offspring would be Barred and most of the Females would also be Barred but there is a present of the females that will be Black.

Chris

Chris,
Why do you say most of the females would be barred? The females will get nothing from the barred mother, of course, but isn't the rooster split Bb and as likely to give a "b" as a "B" to each of his offspring? If you have enough chicks for the averages to mean anything, why wouldn't the odds be 50% - 50% for the females?

I believe Chris knows they would be 50% black and 50% barred. Just some wording did reflect the exact nature of heterozygous barring and inheritance.

Tim

I should have said "Pure" Black.
Some of the Black would have a lot of color leakage, so not making them a "Pure" Black in color.

Chris

 

[tadkerson]

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The term black sex link refers to the female more than the male- it also differentiates the other sex links- red, brown, gold, etc. from the black sex links.

Tim

 

[nicalandia]

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I believe the most acurate sex link menthod is to use Fibromelanotic and sex linked id+ which is the gene responsable for pigment deposits on the shanks....

Yes, that is thinking out of the box.

Tim

well I did that in my very very first chicken mating ever... about 5 years ago, crossed a Production Type white leghorn hen with a Fibromelanotic roo... the hens had Black skin at hatch.. boys did not... easy uh...?

I´ll post pics if I find them



below pic made me believe the gene responsable for Broody hens was also sex linked..(Leghorn female NEVER went broody), below he is just F1.. about the best broody I ever had.

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

So what would I call a chick (sex-linked) that is from a BO dad and a BR mom? The chick is definitely a pullet... is it classed as a red sex link, black sex link, or something different?

 

[Chris09]

BigDaddy'sGurl :

So what would I call a chick (sex-linked) that is from a BO dad and a BR mom? The chick is definitely a pullet... is it classed as a red sex link, black sex link, or something different?

Black Sex-link.

Chris​

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

Okay, thanks! The girl that hatched from this is dark, mostly, although I wouldn't call the color "black" with some gold on her neck and down her chest...almost a "brown mustard" color. Marked like a typical black sex link but with much diluted coloring. Again, definitely a girl as she is 15 weeks old and NO comb or wattles to speak of and the rooster keeps feeding her treats

Thanks for telling me what I should call her!

 

[jeslewmazer]

I was looking over the charts and over the net but could not find what I was looking for.
Where would a Coronation Sussex hen fit in? Could it be used to produce some type of RSL? That is to say if the proper color male was used? Why I ask is because I see Light Sussex hen on the chart, and I have seen where people have split (light/coronation) Sussex chickens that produce both colors. So, I guess the real question is: Can coronation and/or split Sussex hens be crossed with any/all of the roosters on the RSL chart to create sex-linked offspring? Thanks in advance for any insight.

 

[catdaddyfro]

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Yes it would be a sex-linkable cross if you use a big red roo ie.(RIR,NH, or anything considered gold based) as the hen in ? is silver. based

Jeff