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No, they won’t be sexlinked.Hi, can anyone advise if a silver laced wyandotte rooster is crossed with a buff orpington hen are the chicks sex linked. If so how do I tell the difference?
Thanks for the reply, that saves me a lot of reading threadsHi, can anyone advise if a silver laced wyandotte rooster is crossed with a buff orpington hen are the chicks sex linked. If so how do I tell the difference?
Technically, they will be sex-linked, but you might have to wait until they are older to be able to see the difference.
All the chicks will get a silver gene from their father, but the males will also get a gold gene from their mother. Silver is incompletely dominant to gold, so the boys will have some yellow leakage or tint in their white areas. The girls’ white will be just pure white.
But they can’t be sexed at hatch.Technically, they will be sex-linked, but you might have to wait until they are older to be able to see the difference.
All the chicks will get a silver gene from their father, but the males will also get a gold gene from their mother. Silver is incompletely dominant to gold, so the boys will have some yellow leakage or tint in their white areas. The girls’ white will be just pure white.
but you might have to wait until they are older to be able to see the difference.
Correct. But technically, they are still sex-linked genes that make a visual difference between males and females, but the difference shows up later.But they can’t be sexed at hatch.
This was the only one I kept from that combo of parents!I hatched both roosters and hens with these parents. I actually had a rooster and hen look the same! Strange. But did get some yellow offspring as well. Here is the fastest pic I could find to attach what they look like but it’s a partial picture sorry. Was taking pics of their combs bc of frostbite.