silver cuckoo marans X easter egger question please

[missmissychicky]

Hi! Just came across this old thread. So did the chicks with no headspots turn out to be female?

I'm interested in two chicks that are Easter Egger roo x Cuckoo Maran. The owner isn't sure of their sex. They have no head markings.

I'm new to chickens. Do you guys know what color eggs these would produce? Thanks!

 

[missmissychicky]

 

[FlyWheel]

Hi! Just came across this old thread. So did the chicks with no headspots turn out to be female?

I'm interested in two chicks that are Easter Egger roo x Cuckoo Maran. The owner isn't sure of their sex. They have no head markings.

I'm new to chickens. Do you guys know what color eggs these would produce? Thanks!

I'd like to know the answer to this one too. Hopefully the added curiosity will help spur some answers.

 

[BRC1978]

Hi! Just came across this old thread. So did the chicks with no headspots turn out to be female?

I'm interested in two chicks that are Easter Egger roo x Cuckoo Maran. The owner isn't sure of their sex. They have no head markings.

I'm new to chickens. Do you guys know what color eggs these would produce? Thanks!

I'm doubting these were sex linked, because an Easter Egger is just a mixed breed bird that caries the blue egg gene. To get a sexlink, you need a pure male (rir, australorp, etc) that carries 2 copies of his genetics, and a pure barred/cuckoo female. The solid color chicks likely were a coincidence. BUT I've been wrong before and could be again. But this is how I was explained the sex-linked genetics.

 

[Dane Chick]

This is my experience only, but I found the sex link traits work with mixes. This spring I hatched 15 eggs from 3 different barred olive egger hens (maranxEE) mixed with the option of three different roosters (white sultan, silver lace seabright, and EE).
The chicks from the barred hens crossed with the sultan or the EE rooster produced barred males and black females. The chicks from the barred hens crossed with the silver seabright rooster produced a pure white male and two almost white hens with black peppering. Just my anecdotal experience. Also, all chicks, regardless of color or pattern, sired by the sultan, have complete leg and foot feathering, and headresses.
I have a crazy looking cockerel that is barred, with sultan head, leg, and foot feathering, in addition to a heavy beard and muffs.

 

[junebuggena]

This is my experience only, but I found the sex link traits work with mixes. This spring I hatched 15 eggs from 3 different barred olive egger hens (maranxEE) mixed with the option of three different roosters (white sultan, silver lace seabright, and EE).
The chicks from the barred hens crossed with the sultan or the EE rooster produced barred males and black females. The chicks from the barred hens crossed with the silver seabright rooster produced a pure white male and two almost white hens with black peppering. Just my anecdotal experience. Also, all chicks, regardless of color or pattern, sired by the sultan, have complete leg and foot feathering, and headresses.
I have a crazy looking cockerel that is barred, with sultan head, leg, and foot feathering, in addition to a heavy beard and muffs.

You have to keep in mind, all barred hens have a single copy of the barring/cuckoo gene, regardless of breed. It's the males that can have one (if mixed) or two copies (if pure). Any barred hen will produce black sexlinks when bred to a male with no barring gene or dominant white gene.