Sex- linked Information

[ronott1]

No I haven't read the entire thread but I studied the first page at least 20 times. My question is concerning the Ark Blue Ro that will have blue or black feathering however it does have white leghorn in it's lineage. Could this cause the sex-linking not to work?

Leghorns are not all white--I do not think they used white leghorns.

They came from whiting farms and were then selected for the Blue black splash genes:

http://www.whitingfarms.com/index.html

 

[tommysgirl]

I have both a golden laced polish rooster and a Delaware hen, will those two crossed make a red sex link?

I am not sure if their genetics are the same but since Gold Laced Wyandotte roos over Del hens do it stands to reason...

I'm planning on hatching Ark Blue eggs from Ron @ronott1 this spring which will have blue or black feathering. I know they have leghorn and Ameraucanas in their genetics as they lay blue eggs. Next year I'd like to cross a Ark Blue Ro over California Gray(productive white egg layer) and also Barred Rock and get Black sex-linked chicks. Will this work?

Yes and I am so pleased you have the CA Greys!!! That's great!

Can I use a blue australop roo over barred plymouth rock hens to get sexlink chicks

Lie everyone else said, Yep!

White can hide barring. Some breeders of white chickens introduce barring to make the white even whiter.

But barring is a sex linked trait. The hens give it to their sons, not their daughters. So were all those chicks male? That’s possible.

The phrase “when the chicks hatched they were all barred” brings up another question. You can’t tell when a chick first hatches that it is barred just by looking for a spot on the head. There are several down patterns that will look like a spot. The chick has to feather out before you can actually see that it is barred unless you know a lot about the ancestry. So at what age were these determined to be barred?

That is a good question.

 

[draye]

No I haven't read the entire thread but I studied the first page at least 20 times.  My question is concerning the Ark Blue Ro that will have blue or black feathering however it does have white leghorn in it's lineage.  Could this cause the sex-linking not to work?

I ( personal opinion) don't think it will affect the sexlinkage. The White Leghorn is pretty far back in the pedigree. That is why the blue black splash is now showing. That is if you ( I think you said you were) are using it as the rooster in the cross. Barred hens will create your black Sexlinks.

I think that there were some on the Arkansas Blue thread talking about using them in either sexlink or auto sexing breeding.

 

[ronott1]

This is there price sheet from a couple of years ago for chickens:

 

[draye]

This is there price sheet from a couple of years ago for chickens:

I thought it was determined that these were not the same birds that came from U of A poultry department. Not sure just asking.

 

[ronott1]

I thought it was determined that these were not the same birds that came from U of A poultry department. Not sure just asking.

I talked to mr. Whiting--He provided them to the UofA. There were others that were used to make brown blue egg layers but the BBS UofA blues came from Whiting. Notice in the add where it says black and other colors?

 

[englishcockers]

Sorry you took it that way, I never meant to imply that you were ignorant or stupid. Just making the observation that most don't read the thread.

My fault, maybe I got up on the wrong side of the bed. Ridgrunner's response was much more appropriate.

I'm just interested. My limited and long ago (50years) experience with Crossing White Rocks was that the lines I had acted like Barred Rocks with Recessive White.
Hard to tell if they were gold or silver based on the first cross because of the Extended Black E gene, but using a non- barred rooster on the hens I got barred roosters and black pullets.
As Ridgerunner stated you couldn't always tell till those first little wingfeathers showed.

 

[Ridgerunner]

This thread talks about the Arkansas Blue. They were developed from a commercial leghorn line so they have great egg-laying qualities, but they are B/B/S so they should be based on extended black. The thing that would make the sex linkage not work would be the white in the leghorn if it were dominant white and that has been bred out, assuming it was even dominant white to start with. You should get good black sex link chicks with them if you use a suitable barred hen.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/624359/blue-egg-layers-from-university-of-arkansas

 

[Dead Rabbit]

This is there price sheet from a couple of years ago for chickens:

I can't seem to find this guys fowl on line. Does he not produce them anylonger? The link posted is only fly tying

 

[ronott1]

I can't seem to find this guys fowl on line. Does he not produce them anylonger? The link posted is only fly tying

Whiting sells locally--he raises chickens for making the fishing lures he sells.

Too bad because he would be a good person to get them from.