Speckled Sussex - Hen or Roo

[TheKindaFarmGal]

You could post pics if ya want.

Ah, that stinks. Just so you know, the Ameraucana are gonna be Easter Eggers. Nothing wrong with them. They're great!

 

[sassysarah]

Well it looks like all but this one are Roos sadly. Lesson learned I suppose. This one is the smallest and youngest by far and I'm not sure on age.

Thoughts?

Nick

Pullet.

 

[GoldenBC]

You could post pics if ya want.

Ah, that stinks. Just so you know, the Ameraucana are gonna be Easter Eggers. Nothing wrong with them. They're great!

Ya I'm certainly not bashing them, I was just hoping to bring in something different to the area. =)

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Ya I'm certainly not bashing them, I was just hoping to bring in something different to the area. =)

Oh, I get it! Totally understandable. Lol

 

[GoldenBC]

Three Roos that I'm pretty certain are Roos. They show their hackles to one another when they're free ranging.

 

[GoldenBC]

"Hen #2" I was convinced this one was a hen until it started growing some tail feathers in. The comb is starting to grow as well.

 

[GoldenBC]

"Hen #1" the smallest of the group. Better pic of it.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Three Roos that I'm pretty certain are Roos. They show their hackles to one another when they're free ranging.

Those three are definitely male. Showing hackles doesn't mean much - pullets do it too. The reason I say male is because no pullet will get comb and wattles that size and color unless they're at POL.

"Hen #2" I was convinced this one was a hen until it started growing some tail feathers in. The comb is starting to grow as well.

This one could be a pullet.

"Hen #1" the smallest of the group. Better pic of it.

Pullet.

 

[GoldenBC]

This one could be a pullet.
Pullet.

Thank you for the help! In an ideal world, hopefully those two end up being pullets and I can at least get a trio. Would certainly help with starting a flock of these out here. Worst case is I get only one pullet and I do my best to keep her and one Roo happy together until she starts laying. Then I can start a few batches of eggs in the incubator and slowly increase the flock. Eventually I would do my best to swap out the Roo so that I can introduce unrelated genetics into the flock. =)

I also have a batch of Light Sussex chicks coming at the end of the month that I'll be eventually replacing the ISA Browns with. If I were to use a Speckled Sussex Roo x Light Sussex hens, would this produce sex-link chicks? Reason for doing this is everyone here orders their chicks from large commercial operations and always want just hens. If I could produce sex-link offspring here it would help to keep things local. Thoughts?

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Thank you for the help! In an ideal world, hopefully those two end up being pullets and I can at least get a trio. Would certainly help with starting a flock of these out here. Worst case is I get only one pullet and I do my best to keep her and one Roo happy together until she starts laying. Then I can start a few batches of eggs in the incubator and slowly increase the flock. Eventually I would do my best to swap out the Roo so that I can introduce unrelated genetics into the flock. =)

I also have a batch of Light Sussex chicks coming at the end of the month that I'll be eventually replacing the ISA Browns with. If I were to use a Speckled Sussex Roo x Light Sussex hens, would this produce sex-link chicks? Reason for doing this is everyone here orders their chicks from large commercial operations and always want just hens. If I could produce sex-link offspring here it would help to keep things local. Thoughts?

Sounds like a great plan to me!

Yes, that should be a sex link cross. I'm not sure how visible the differences would be with those two breeds, but you should get red females and silver males.