Show off your Red sex-links!! [[pictures included]] !! (:

[jk47]

I have never seen a all white female before there normally tan to red with two stripes down there back and the small one might of been stunted sometime during hatching

 

[TeaChick]

@TeaChick it's macchiato. I always forget how its spelled that and cappuccino. Cottonball is a RSL pullet( not accurate just some encouragement)

Thanks for the spelling help.

And thanks for the well wishing on Cottonball!

 

[TeaChick]

I first thought this was a fish in a coral reef.

Bad eyesight plus small phone. Upon closer inspection beautiful girls.

I agree! (beautiful girls!!!)

@browntownfarm I don't know for sure but I always thought the solid whites were cockerals. Cute chicks though.

That's what I heard as well. It just surprised me in the size difference. It will be fun to see!

This is correct; the whole point in sex-linking was to end up with one color of males and a different color of females at hatch. Red are pullets and White (yellow) are boys.

Just picked up these 4 straight run red sex links about a week and a half ago! They are all so different. The first 3 are all about the same size but their wing coloring is so different. Its hard to tell in these pictures because they did not want to sit still! The last one though, is about half the size of the others. It also is completely light yellow so far when the others are getting orange, brown and even a little black coloring in their wings. Does anyone know why the 4th is so much smaller? I know its hard to tell the size different in these pictures but it really is about half the size of the first three.

The orange isn't showing up in the pics, but white (yellow) is boy and red (brown, orange, etc.) is girl. That's the genetics of RSLs.

 

[familyfarm1]

Bess

 

[bamachicks8]

@familyfarm1 Bess is very pretty.

 

[cmom]

These are Red Sex-Link chicks with some Rhode Island Red chicks. The white colored chicks are the males. They are all grown now around 7/8 months old. The males were just recently processed and are now in the freezer.

 

[kada6305]

Not sure if anyone remembers Lucky or not. the chick the made it from his hatch only because i removed him from the incubator the night before the incubator temps went to 117 and killed all the other eggs. But he is a big boy now. crowing, mating, and beautiful. He is result of Speckled Sussex rooster over a RSL Hen He found his forever home where he will have his own 12 hens. I couldn keep him in with the silkies. He was just too big for them.

 

[Jdc361]

Im interested in these birds. Are they friendly? How long do they live/lay eggs? A list of pros and cons?

 

[WashingtonWino]

Mine is very friendly, middle/low on the pecking order but not totally at the bottom. She's the most tolerant of the mixed flock of petting and being handled. I've heard that cranking out all those eggs is hard on their bodies and they don't live very long, but I cannot attest to that myself, mine is still a teenager.

 

[TeaChick]

Im interested in these birds. Are they friendly? How long do they live/lay eggs? A list of pros and cons?

Mine are fairly friendly (we didn't really socialize them a lot as chicks).
They lay me at least 5 eggs a week, except during molt.
I've had mine for two years next week and I've only lost two of the five to predation (no illness related deaths).
I don't think there are any cons, except personal preferences.
The brown/red color makes them great for foraging, b/c they are safer from areal predators than white birds.
I'd be happy to answer any specific questions about mine. =)