Sexlink Thread- Pictures and Discussion

[PepsNick]

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Honestly, I don't really know. Ideal is the only one I know of who carries a "gold sex-link." I've seen pictures of these from fellow BYCers, and they look just like my "Red Stars" from McMurray, and my "Cinnamon Queens" from Cackle (red/orange with a white undercolor). Ideal's "Red Sex-Links" have the same coloring as a RIR. It has me really confused.

I do really like how Ideal says what cross makes each of their Sex-Links though.

Haha, ok. And btw--- Mcmurray hatchery's "red stars" ARE RSLs. They just dont call em' that.

 

[RAREROO]

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Honestly, I don't really know. Ideal is the only one I know of who carries a "gold sex-link." I've seen pictures of these from fellow BYCers, and they look just like my "Red Stars" from McMurray, and my "Cinnamon Queens" from Cackle (red/orange with a white undercolor). Ideal's "Red Sex-Links" have the same coloring as a RIR. It has me really confused.

I do really like how Ideal says what cross makes each of their Sex-Links though.

Haha, ok. And btw--- Mcmurray hatchery's "red stars" ARE RSLs. They just dont call em' that.

Yep, their all just like Brand names from different hatcheries. Most of them are the same thing.

 

[Cowgirl71]

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Yes, I know.

Here's a great link if you want to try breeding your own Sex-Links! (Shows you which breeds can be crossed together to make Sex-Links): https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261208

(Edited to remove a link with incorrect info)

 

[artsyrobin]

this is my mystery girl, i was told she is a black sexlink- she is 2 months now and quite an inquisitive girl, love these pics from everyone

 

[RAREROO]

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Yes, I know.

Since this is a Sex-Link thread, here's a couple helpful links.

This is a great place if you want to find out what breeds were crossed to make your "Cinnamon Queen," "Golden Comet," etc.: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sex-links/BRKSexLink.html

This is a great link if you want to try breeding your own Sex-Links! (Shows you which breeds can be crossed together to make Sex-Links): https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261208

See thats one think there that I was kinda talking about, it says that the Cinnamon Queen is a cross of a Silver laced Wyandotte hen with a NHR rooster and it says the resulting females will be Red with WHITE undercolor, well the SLWs do not have Dom white so that cross will not give a white under color, it will be black, that is a cross of two columbian based patterns so the offspring will have more of a black patterned columbian pattern like a really light pro red or maybe even buff columbian. I have a sexlink pullet that is a cross from Buff Orp roo on a SLW hen, she is Buff with weaker BLACK columbian pattern markings. And she has a rose comb, and since rose combs are dominant, all of the Cinnamon Queen sexlink offspring would be rosecombed if the hens used were SLWs.

 

[RAREROO]

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Yes, your girl looks like a Black Sexlink.

 

[PepsNick]

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Yes, I know.

Since this is a Sex-Link thread, here's a couple helpful links.

This is a great place if you want to find out what breeds were crossed to make your "Cinnamon Queen," "Golden Comet," etc.: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sex-links/BRKSexLink.html

This is a great link if you want to try breeding your own Sex-Links! (Shows you which breeds can be crossed together to make Sex-Links): https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261208

Gr8! Those are really interesting!

 

[PepsNick]

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Aww what a beautiful BSL!!

 

[PepsNick]

How old do you think my BSL is? I'm saying....13-15 weeks?

 

[ShrekDawg]

My Pet Chicken has RIWs as well, they have breed info and chicken info and stuff too as well as being a hatchery/having chickens and in the breed info it also says what hatcheries carry them, one of the breeds is "Rhode Island" (both red and white varietys) and it says the hatcheries that have them, I don't know if all of them have the white variety, i can double check, but i know Ideal does as well as MPC and I think Mcmurray, as well as a few others but here is the link to the breed info page and under "availability" it says what hatcheries have RIs so you could check there... http://www.mypetchicken.com/chicken-breeds/Rhode-Island-B97.aspx