Special Black or DeKalb "Blacks" chickens NOW W/ a PIC

[WIChookchick]

I got 3 hens from the sunnyside hatchery in Beaver Dam WI.
I personally did not get them, but the person I got them from got them from that hatchery.

Can any one tell me what they are a derivative of, or cross bred with to create them.

Thanks
Carol

Not the greatest pic, I will try to get a new one tonight.
The plumage around the head is very light tan or grey.

 

[WIChookchick]

Well talked to the hatchery...
They couldn't tell me what exact breeds went into making them.
They are a production hen, and the lady who was in the office wasn't sure.
But she thought the rooster's were red.
Soooo a very new type of sex link?

 

[EweSheep]

Black Sex Linked

 

[WIChookchick]

Black sex links are red breasted, not tan or grey.

 

[Illia]

Quote:
Black Sex Links can be tan, gray, red, lavender, whatever breast coloration. What makes a black sex link is a barred hen and non-barred rooster. The coloration of the offspring is dependent on what other colors are in the parents.