Sex- linked Information

[Ridgerunner]

Are you sure of the parentage . If you are sure it raises questions about your rooster . There should be no single combs from this cross . They  could develop into a modified blade from single/pea comb combo . Also leg color as adults should not be yellow on this cross . Chick leg color may change as they grow .

Ok I had my facts wrong. The chicks were hatched by a friend, and have pea combs and blue legs. There have been three eggs from this hen and the first one was from a different roo. That chick has yellow legs and a straight comb. The roo was poor quality and was camping in the layer pen temporarily while a friend fixed up her coop.
I still wonder if a wild type (brown leghorn) crossed on blue (black) will auto sex.

Please read the first post in this thread and then tell us why you think it might auto-sex.

The Leghorn hen has gold, not silver. You will not get sex links.

The Leghorn is not barred. You will not get a black sex link.

A brown leghorn cannot be used to make a red sex link or a black sex link. She just does not have the genes.

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

Please read the first post in this thread and then tell us why you think it might auto-sex.

The Leghorn hen has gold, not silver. You will not get sex links.

The Leghorn is not barred. You will not get a black sex link.

A brown leghorn cannot be used to make a red sex link or a black sex link. She just does not have the genes.

I have read the first post three or four times. The information does not list a cross for a brown leghorn hen only a brown leghorn rooster. I know the genes work differently on hens and roosters. I was curious and kind of confused because these two chicks came out very different colors for full siblings. One is solid blue and one is gold with stripes.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Then there are two options.

1. At least one of the parents is different. They are not full siblings but at most half-siblings.

2. At least one of the parents, the rooster, is not pure but is a cross.

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

Then there are two options.

1. At least one of the parents is different. They are not full siblings but at most half-siblings.

2. At least one of the parents, the rooster, is not pure but is a cross.

I know for sure the blue rooster is purebred. He came from a place where there is no other breed of bird to be crossed with. I only have one white egg layer - the brown leghorn pullet. The only other conclusion I can make is my friend is mistaken that both chicks came from the white eggs I gave her. What color chicks would you expect would come from this cross?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Black or Blue

 

[cmom]

I have a question. I have a purebred brown leghorn hen in with my purebred blue Ameracauna rooster. Three eggs have been hatched from this cross. Two have been chipmunk striped with yellow legs and a straight comb, and one is blue. Would it be safe to assume that the chipmunks are boys and the blue with the pea comb and blue legs and beard is a pullet?

The chipmunk marking can happen with a lot of different breeds of chicks. As the chicks go through their molts the first few weeks and get their feathers the chipmunk markings will molt out. Some chicks have more pronounced marking than others. I have some better pictures but can't find them at the moment.

 

[jerryse]

Ok I had my facts wrong. The chicks were hatched by a friend, and have pea combs and blue legs. There have been three eggs from this hen and the first one was from a different roo. That chick has yellow legs and a straight comb. The roo was poor quality and was camping in the layer pen temporarily while a friend fixed up her coop.
I still wonder if a wild type (brown leghorn) crossed on blue (black) will auto sex.

Blue legs and pea comb is expected on that cross . No auto sexing or sex link here . Chipmunk markings can happen in this cross . They should turn into a false brown red pattern or if blue a lemon blue . That is the blue version of brown red .

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

Blue legs and pea comb is expected on that cross . No auto sexing or sex link here . Chipmunk markings can happen in this cross . They should turn into a false brown red pattern or if blue a lemon blue . That is the blue version of brown red .

Thank you for the information everyone. I am actually hatching auto sexing olive eggers with the blue roo and cuckoo maran and barred rock hens. The little brown leghorn was a rescue of sorts and happens to live in the OE pen. A friend wanted some fertile mixed eggs just to hatch and I gave her a couple out of this hen.

 

[selimseker]

Hello
I have a turken rooster and 4 aracouna hens
wold that make a good breed to hatch?

 

[draye]

Hello
I have a turken rooster and 4 aracouna hens
wold that make a good breed to hatch?

They would make nice babies but unless they are the right colors they will not make Sexlinks babies.

What color rooster?
What color hens?