Sex- linked Information

[Habibs Hens]

yes

ooooo now im very intrigued

something I will be trying out

Thanks

 

[tadkerson]

Buff Orp roo over a BR hen. In theory they will be black sex links and they will grow up black (hens) or black barred (roos). If you look in the very first post in this thread, there is a chart that shows what breeds can be crossed to make black sex links. You’ll find a Buff Orp roo and a Barred Rock hen on that chart, so it will work.

Buff can be a bit tricky. There are different ways to make buff genetically so you might not always get what theory says. Oh the male offspring will be barred and the females will not. That’s a given. But the adults may not be solid black. Somebody had some photos when they made that cross. Those photos may even be buried way back in this thread. I can’t remember for sure and I’m not going looking. Best I remember they did not have any trouble seeing the spot on the head of the chick, but some of the adults wound up with some buff splotches on them. Really striking birds. If you do that cross could you please post some photos on this thread? I’d like to see what you get.

I agree with Ridgerunner about buff.

The buff orpington carries a gene combination that can remove black from the head, neck and varying amounts of the black from the body of a normally black bird. The chicks will be black with varying amounts of dark brown on the face and head or have dark brown down. Either way the chicks can be sexed at hatch. The adults will be black with burnt orange/buff on the head and neck with some non-black on the body. The amount of no-black can vary from very little to an almost non-black and smutty body. The barred males will have an even lighter non-black color than non-barred females.

Tim

 

[el pollo rey]

Amazing info.
Thanks a lot... I'll save the page.

dangerzone where in the PI are you located ? look up fellow byc,er ozpat he too is in the PI and has a breeding program and poultry relocation program going on .

 

[Herman63]

What about black or blue jersey giant rooster over a barred rock hen?

 

[Habibs Hens]

What about black or blue jersey giant rooster over a barred rock hen?

I think that wont work

the main thing is light roo over barred hen

I think#???

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: There are two predominant genes used for making sex-links. Silver/gold and barring. The female needs to have the dominant allele of whichever of these genes you use, and the male needs to have the recessive. Barring is dominant, so a barred hen over a black or blue will give black sex-link offspring. Boys will be barred, girls will not.

Not quite sure what you mean by "light"? If you mean white, that is not a good choice as it can and does hide the traits you are looking for to differentiate the genders.

tadkerson explains sex-linking much better than I; check the beginning of this thread.

 

[Herman63]

There are two predominant genes used for making sex-links. Silver/gold and barring. The female needs to have the dominant allele of whichever of these genes you use, and the male needs to have the recessive. Barring is dominant, so a barred hen over a black or blue will give black sex-link offspring. Boys will be barred, girls will not.

Not quite sure what you mean by "light"? If you mean white, that is not a good choice as it can and does hide the traits you are looking for to differentiate the genders.

tadkerson explains sex-linking much better than I; check the beginning of this thread.

I was meaning as the black sex link. the female needs to be barred and male dark

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote:

correct

 

[Daloorashens]

Are the White Bresse considered silver? Or are they like Leghorns and would not work for sex links?

 

[azqhcowgirl]

I have a red brown ameraucana roo and two of my hens are cuckoo marans and golden cuckoo marans. I hatched out some eggs a few months back and three of them were black with yellow spots on their heads. They are feathering out barred. When they hatched they looked like pictures I have seen of black sex link chicks. Could they possibly be sex link?? Could he be crossed on my SL wyandotte for sex link chicks or do I need to find a NHR or a RIR roo for those?