sex links or what r they?

[marcy0718]

Hi posted on another thread I got 2 supposed to be golden laced Wyandotte's at a feed store 5-6 weeks ago but someone told me they r not glw they may n sex links what do u think? Please help they r the sweetest and my favorites are they pullets?

 

[Egghead_Jr]

I must be getting old as I can't even be sure of the comb. If a rose come then yes they are a poor patterned GLW. I see a lace on a few feathers of one of the chicks.

 

[marcy0718]

They don't have rose comb they have pea comb and very yellow and no visable wattlesat all they r 6 weeks old someone said they r black sex links with lots of leakage

 

[donrae]

Those are black sex links.

 

[kimmahoney]

Are all sexlinks female?

 

[marcy0718]

Do they like pullets donrae?they were all black as 1 week old see pics nobwhitw spot on head hoping all girls

 

[donrae]

Sex links are a specific cross where the sex is linked to the color of the bird. Both males and females hatch, but you can tell them apart at hatch by specific coloring. In black sex links, which you have, the males hatch with a white spot on their heads and the females have solid dark heads. This makes them easy peasy to sex

. Males grow out with white bars, kind of like a barred Rock but the barring is usually messier, not as straight and crisp as a barred Rock...





So, both your girls are, indeed, girls

 

[drumstick diva]

both girls

 

[Egghead_Jr]

When did sex links from hatcheries start coming in pea comb? Normally a single comb cross bred bird.

 

[marcy0718]

What good news

they're both my favorite thank u for all your help.