Sex- linked Information

[Breshcandra]

My sex-link chick. I think I see a spot.

 

[Shyla-C]

Want to make sure I have this right. If have Gold Laced Cochin Roos over Light Brahma hens, would that make sexlinks? How would I tell male from female? Thanks!

 

[lauranickerson]

I have Golden Comet pullets (and some Golden Comet cockerels apparently, that came from the same trough at a feed store) and Black Sex Link cockerels (sold straight run, and just my luck 100% of them are boys...8 out of 8) and I'm wondering what kind of chicks I would get from that. I also have a few Buff Orpington pullets and a California White Leghorn pullet. I don't care about mixing the breeds, but I would like to hatch some good future layers. Think that would happen? I'm thinking about keeping the best barred Black Sex Link rooster I have, or maybe the a male Golden Comet if it will provide me with better layers.

What does everyone think? Here's a picture of a few of my BSL males and GC females (I think they're Golden Comets?? They were called Production Red at the feed store, and I've heard a bunch of different names now. Correct me if I'm wrong). Male GCs are in front of the brick and at the metal watering trough.

 

[EggieRowe]

I'm still reading through this information packed thread, but wanted to share that I got this sex-link looking chick out of a Silver Spangled Hamburg Roo over a Cuckoo Marans hen. This chick is now 7 weeks old and I'm 99% sure a boy which is in keeping with the white dot as a chick. It might have been a coincidence, I don't see that pairing listed on the charts earlier in the thread.

 

[draye]

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They will make great layers from either of the roosters over your hens. I've done the crossand the offspring lay great, but did take a little longer to start laying than the orginal sexlinks.

 

[draye]

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I not sure if the silver (Silver Spangled Hamburg) rooster will work to make sexlinks. Maybe an expert will come along in a bit to tell you.

 

[lauranickerson]

They will make great layers from either of the roosters over your hens. I've done the crossand the offspring lay great, but did take a little longer to start laying than the orginal sexlinks.

Awesome! Thank you for answering me! I swear I've asked this question like 10 times on different forums and never got an answer! Now, which rooster do you think would make prettier babies? I don't really care about that as much, but if I sell the chicks, it might be a thing I want to know.

 

[draye]

I think probably the Black sexlink rooster.
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If youhave enough hens though keep a golden comet also.

 

[lauranickerson]

I think probably the Black sexlink rooster. // If youhave enough hens though keep a golden comet also.

Well after finding out I have 10 roosters and only 7 hens (

), I won't have enough, but I'm going to pick up 8 more chicks tonight that are all pullets!

Not sure if that's still enough for 2 roosters, though.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I have Golden Comet pullets (and some Golden Comet cockerels apparently, that came from the same trough at a feed store) and Black Sex Link cockerels (sold straight run, and just my luck 100% of them are boys...8 out of 8) and I'm wondering what kind of chicks I would get from that. I also have a few Buff Orpington pullets and a California White Leghorn pullet. I don't care about mixing the breeds, but I would like to hatch some good future layers. Think that would happen? I'm thinking about keeping the best barred Black Sex Link rooster I have, or maybe the a male Golden Comet if it will provide me with better layers. What does everyone think? Here's a picture of a few of my BSL males and GC females (I think they're Golden Comets?? They were called Production Red at the feed store, and I've heard a bunch of different names now. Correct me if I'm wrong). Male GCs are in front of the brick and at the metal watering trough.

Black Sex Links and Golden Comets are just marketing names. They really don’t tell you much about the parents so you don’t know what genetics are involved. If you look at the very first post in this thread, you can see a chart that shows which breeds could be crossed to make red sex links. Any of those could be in your Golden Comets, though most hatchery chicks will be from a fairly limited number of those. Or your Golden Comets could be commercial red sex links. Who knows what color and pattern genetics are in those? Same with your Black Sex Links. There is another chart in that post that shows what breeds could be in the Black Sex links. Or again, they could be based on the commercial egg layers. There is no telling what color and pattern genetics are hiding under that black barring. The only thing I’m sure of is that your Golden Comet hens will be contributing a gold gene to her sons. But that could be pretty irrelevant. Gold is easily dominated by silver or black. Your GC rooster will be split for gold and silver. That means he will give about half his offspring a gold gene and half a silver. Silver can make a version of white depending on what else it is mixed with. Or it may just disappear, like the gold (red) may disappear. The BSL rooster will be split for barred. That means half his offspring will be barred and half won’t be. It’s purely random which of how offspring get that. As far as color, there is a real good chance he will have at least one extended black gene. No guarantees but a real good chance. Who knows what that other gene might be? Then there are a whole lot of other pattern genes that could be hiding in there. Other than half being barred and half not barred, there is no telling what you will get with the BSL rooster, though there is a real good chance black will be pretty prevalent in some. Both these are hybrids. When you mix crosses, there are a lot of possible combinations you could get. If the parents are good egg layers, the offspring will almost certainly be good egg layers. These apparently came from a hatchery. They are practically guaranteed to be good egg layers. Their offspring should be really good too. “Pretty” is in the eye of the beholder. Even if I knew what color and pattern the chicks would be, I would have no idea what you consider pretty.