Sex- linked Information

[Rhandi74]

I have been told that one of my chicks hatched out as a sex link. I wish I knew which hen it was from. I know for sure she is half cochin. Here she is, her name is sunshine.

Here is my Rooster

 

[donrae]

I have been told that one of my chicks hatched out as a sex link. I wish I knew which hen it was from. I know for sure she is half cochin. Here she is, her name is sunshine.




Here is my Rooster

How is your chick sex linked? I'm not seeing it from that rooster.....

 

[Rhandi74]

How is your chick sex linked? I'm not seeing it from that rooster.....

I have no clue, that is what I have been told on another thread. The chicks pattern is a distinct pattern from the e+(called wild type) or eb genes (called partridge or asiatic brown base gene). This means somewhere in my roosters genes and whichever hen this came from they both have these genes. If it is sex-linked it was not intentional. Supposedly it is female. I am new to chickens and from what I read I should have had black, blue, splash, and white chicks from my hatch. My laying hens are a blue cochin, 2 white rocks, and a lavender Orpington. Anyways, I posted to this thread because I found it interesting and was not sure how this chick came to be. Maybe I am way off, who knows?

Here is my hens

 

[LindaB220]

I have been told that one of my chicks hatched out as a sex link. I wish I knew which hen it was from. I know for sure she is half cochin. Here she is, her name is sunshine.




Here is my Rooster

Sunshine has to be the cutest ever.

 

[donrae]

Those white Rocks could be hiding pretty much anything under that dominant white, true.

 

[cmom]

Quote: I see in your 2nd picture there is a Red Sex-Link next to your White Rock.

 

[Rhandi74]

I see in your 2nd picture there is a Red Sex-Link next to your White Rock.

Yes, you are correct but none of my RSL's are laying yet. They are almost 17 weeks old and I have 6 pullets. I also have a BR pullet that is the same age that started laying last week. I suspect that one of my white rocks laid the egg the chick hatched from.

 

[clarson6573]

Wow super intresting

 

[piglett]

great thread

what can i put over my buff orpington hens to make great sex linked layers or great DP birds?





thanks
piglett

 

[Ridgerunner]

Buff Orpingtons have gold not silver, so the hens cannot be used to make red sex links. Buff Orpingtons are not barred so the hens can’t be used to make black sex links. Out of luck there.

According to the chart in the first post in this thread, Orpingtons should be slow feathering. That means you can cross the hens with any of the fast-feathering breeds in the left side of that chart to get feather sexed chicks. I’m very cautious about depending on that because the birds are not always as pure for the fast or slow feathering gene as they should be, but at least you have a chance that way.

There are other ways to sex chicks too, like leg color, but I’m not familiar enough with those methods to know if there is anything along those lines you can use with Buff Orps.

Great can mean different things to different people. Cross a Buff Orpington with any other dual purpose breed that you think is great and you should get great chickens.