SHOW & TELL Amber Sexlink chickens!

[amarook]

I want to see your amber sex links chickens, and if possible can you tell me about them.

Like do you think they are maybe smarter, or dumber than other breeds. Have you noticed if they are aggressive, or laid back...

Any info would be appreciated.

THANKS!

 

[amarook]

Nobody?
They can't be rare birds, or are they?

 

[Krys109uk]

I've never had an Amber Sexlink. They are commercial hybrids developed by a company called Dekalb. They were most likely primarily developed with the egg industry in mind. People would usually buy egg producing hybrids to get chickens which are very good layers of large eggs from the least amount of feed. I don't suppose friendliness was particularly high on the agenda when they were being developed. Perhaps if handled from chicks they'd be friendly.
The commercial hybrids tend to live less long that the pure breeds & are more prone to egg related issues, often due to the size of the bird compared with the size of the egg.

http://www.dekalbpoultry.com/english/amber.html.