Sex of 9 week old chicks from kindergarten

ISA Brown male and female chicks.
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This is their offspring.
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Sex-Links. will not breed true. Sex-links are cross-bred chickens whose color at hatching is differentiated by sex, thus making chick sexing an easier process, such as a Red Sex-Link, which is a cross generally between a Rhode Island Red or a New Hampshire Red male and Rhode Island White or White Rock female. For a Black Sex-Link, you would breed a Rhode Island Red or a New Hampshire Red male to a Barred Rock female. Red Star, Golden Comet, Gold Star, or Cinnamon Queen are often referred to as simply Red Sex-Links. Black Star is a Black Sex-Link. It depends on the specific cross used. Red Sex-Links are produced by a number of different crosses. The Red Sex-Link male chicks hatch out white and the females are a buff color. Sex-links come in many varieties, and are not a true breed. If you mate a Sex-Link with any other breed you will get a mutt or barnyard chicken. The chicks of a Sex-Link can hatch out to be most any color. They will still be very good layers.
  1. Buff with white or tinted under-color (aka Golden Comet, Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire Red male x Rhode Island White or White Rock female)
  2. Red with White or tinted under-color Silver Laced Wyandotte female crossed with a Rhode Island Red or a New Hampshire Red male gives the Cinnamon Queen
  3. Red with Red under-color (Delaware female x Production Red, Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire Red male) (In this color pattern it is almost impossible to distinguish daughters' color from father's color, but still considered to be a Red Sex-link.
Note: If you cross a Delaware male and Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire Red female, all the chicks should look like the Delaware male. Good luck and have fun...
 

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