So I crossed.... **UPDATED WITH PICTURES**

[countrybum]

pictures

 

[SarahFair]

Ok here are pictures:

Solid Group:

Solid Chick #1:

Solid Chick #2:

Solid Chick #3:

Solid Chick #4:

Solid Chick #5:

Dotted Group:

Dotted Chick #1:

Dotted Chick #2:

Dotted Chick #3:

Dotted Chick #4:

Sorry they are so big..

To see more on my hatch and my silkie chicks check my other post:
My Little Giant Incubation Journal

 

[SarahFair]

A few questions I have about them:

Being part JG how big should they get? Will they develop slow like the JG or quicker cause of the BR?

 

[countrybum]

Oh they are adorable, you have barred rock marked chicks and some Jersey Giant marked chicks.

Congrats. I cannot wait to get my set up finished so I can cross some that I want to try, 1 is my Cherry Egger Roo and Jersey Giant hen.

Now I cant wait. I must work faster, wish the rain would quit.

 

[sloallie10]

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HOW KOOL!!

 

[CrazyChickMom]

They are so cute!

 

[CrazyChickMom]

I'm curious to know too what makes a sex-link and can you breed any bird with any bird? Meaning chicken of course!

 

[MoodyChicken]

Sex links are created by genes found on the sex chromosomes, X and Y (or in the case of chickens Z and W). Chromosomes are shaped like X's and the alleles (traits) match up on corresponding spots of the two X's. Genes come in pairs, and with autosomal traits (traits not associated with the sex chromosomes) normal dominance/recessiveness rules apply. With sex linked traits the Z and W chromosomes are not shaped the same (normally chromosomes look like XX but sexlinked chromosomes look like Xx). So a trait found in a female that would normally be recessive automatically becomes dominant because it's "allele partner" isn't there to compete. I'm pretty sure that's how it works, and I'm sorry if that's waaay over your head. That's the simplest way I could think to describe it.

Another sex linked cross would be silver female crossed to a golden male. Offspring from such a cross are golden females (single gold gene) and brassy silver males (one gold and one silver gene). IE: Birchen female x Brown Red male

 

[countrybum]

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You can breed any Roo with any hen, but to have fertile eggs, the Roo has to be the same size or bigger than the hen. Mine cross and I have yet not to have an infertile egg.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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You can breed any Roo with any hen, but to have fertile eggs, the Roo has to be the same size or bigger than the hen. Mine cross and I have yet not to have an infertile egg.

Surprisingly in the chicken world, size does not matter. I have PLENTY of chickens running around the yard that have a dutch bantam daddy. Many of the hens are RIR, cochin LF, and who-knows-what LF. I know the dutch roo is the daddy, as he was the only roo I had at the time.