Sex- linked Information

[scoopy82]

Thanks, this whole genetics stuff is amazing, i am really keen now to breed sex links but it means i might have to get more chooks !

 

[crazymom]

OK. I am a bit confused by all of this.

We got 6 fuzzy yellow New Hampshire Red chicks (all female) last year at a feed store. We had also had 3 or 4 Roos of various types acquired both before and after the NH Reds. We had to cull all but 2 Roos. The remaining Roos are unknown as my neighbor 'won' them at an auction. When she sobered up, she realized that she had no coop or way to take care of them. One was a Top Hat and one was unknown.

The Top Hat was not allowed access to the hens, and the other Roos were culled about 2 weeks before the eggs were laid, so I expect that the father is the unknown auction Roo type.

Besides the NH Reds, we have only 1 chicken that may still lay an occasional brown egg. So I am pretty sure that the mothers are all NH Reds.

We got 3 black chicks and 3 yellow chicks. We were wondering if this means that they are sex linked. If so, which are male and which are female? What do you think?

 

[Ridgerunner]

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You cannot get red or black sex linked chicks from a New Hampshire hen. It just does not work that way.

Was the rooster black? What I suspect is that the mystery rooster was a cross, split for Black but with Silver hiding under there. That would explain the colors of the chicks from a New Hampshire hen.

 

[cletus the rooster]

can someone tell me where to find the chart that tells you the names of each sex link cross,ie;new hampshire x barred rock=black star?i had it but now i cant find it.

 

[chickie4722]

Thanks for the great info!
Can I use this feather sexing technique on 1 week old golden laced Wyandotte (roo) X white Ameracana (hen) chicks?

 

[CarolynF]

What do you call a BSL roo?
My daughter-in-law asked me about BSLs and I was able to give her some basic info. but came up short on this one. The mother hen was Barred Rock, the resulting chicks were the typical black female and black with white dot males. The little roo grew up barred. Is there a special name for these fellas? I guess the confusion comes in because he's not BLACK.

I know he can't be used to create more BSLs. Are his offspring just muts? What happens if he's bred back to a BR hen?

Thanks!

 

[Chris09]

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There just known as a Black Sex-Link.

What happens if he's bred back to a BR hen?

All Male offspring would be Barred and most of the Females would also be Barred but there is a present of the females that will be Black.

Chris​

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I have a Rhode Island Red roo and a White Rock hen, if I breed them together that is a sex link right?

~ Aspen

 

[CarolynF]

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There just known as a Black Sex-Link.

What happens if he's bred back to a BR hen?

All Male offspring would be Barred and most of the Females would also be Barred but there is a present of the females that will be Black.

Chris​

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the answers!
I recall you helped me a several weeks ago when I was posting about my new BSL pullet. The question was basically, "what breed" because she didn't have any of the red neck feathers. I was thinking Black Australorp. You put in a vote for Sumatra. Some folks think she might be part Jersey Giant

Here's what she looked like about 10 days (about 5 months old), still waiting for an egg, too. Her comb and waddle are noticabely larger and redder now.

 

[Ridgerunner]

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There just known as a Black Sex-Link.

What happens if he's bred back to a BR hen?

All Male offspring would be Barred and most of the Females would also be Barred but there is a present of the females that will be Black.

Chris​

Chris,
Why do you say most of the females would be barred? The females will get nothing from the barred mother, of course, but isn't the rooster split Bb and as likely to give a "b" as a "B" to each of his offspring? If you have enough chicks for the averages to mean anything, why wouldn't the odds be 50% - 50% for the females?