Thoughts on gender

[Nugget and dipper]

Hi do you think hen or Roo
9 week old silkie x bantum
I thought hen but my Cockerel hates it and keeps wanting to fight it through the mesh

 

[Nugget and dipper]

I forgot to mention this little one is a bully in all the pens I put it in apart from the tiny baby chicks pen

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Were both parents barred? If not, which one was, the rooster or the hen? If the hen was barred and the rooster wasn't, any barred offspring will be males.

 

[Nugget and dipper]

Were both parents barred? If not, which one was, the rooster or the hen? If the hen was barred and the rooster wasn't, any barred offspring will be males.

Oh amazing thanks for this it was the hen that was barred so that explains a lot

 

[C Siena]

Were both parents barred? If not, which one was, the rooster or the hen? If the hen was barred and the rooster wasn't, any barred offspring will be males.

So a BR hen with non barred roo, any/all barred chicks are cockerels, correct?
Now I know this is one to give away. Thank you.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

So a BR hen with non barred roo, any/all barred chicks are cockerels, correct?
Now I know this is one to give away. Thank you.

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Yep, that's exactly right. Barring is sex linked, and barred hens give one copy of the barring gene to all their sons and none to their daughters. Barred roosters, on the other hand, give one copy to half their sons and one to half their daughters, so the sex linking won't work that way.

 

[C Siena]

Yep, that's exactly right. Barring is sex linked, and barred hens give one copy of the barring gene to all their sons and none to their daughters. Barred roosters, on the other hand, give one copy to half their sons and one to half their daughters, so the sex linking won't work that way.

As the only full barred chickens are BR hens and we have a Sapphire Gem, which I think typically has a BR parent but I have not been able to find if it's the hen or roo. Could the barred chick have come from the S Gem? Even so, it would still be a cockerel, correct? The roos are pure Buckeye and RIR. I'm just trying to learn a little more.
The most recent hatch could only have possibly 2 pure breds (Buck & RIR), the rest would be BYM. 15 chicks and hoping for 7-8 pullets.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

As the only full barred chickens are BR hens and we have a Sapphire Gem, which I think typically has a BR parent but I have not been able to find if it's the hen or roo. Could the barred chick have come from the S Gem? Even so, it would still be a cockerel, correct? The roos are pure Buckeye and RIR. I'm just trying to learn a little more.
The most recent hatch could only have possibly 2 pure breds (Buck & RIR), the rest would be BYM. 15 chicks and hoping for 7-8 pullets.

No, all barred chicks have to have one parent that is barred. If a chicken has the barring gene, it's barred, they can't "carry" the gene and not show it, if that makes sense.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

As the only full barred chickens are BR hens and we have a Sapphire Gem, which I think typically has a BR parent but I have not been able to find if it's the hen or roo. Could the barred chick have come from the S Gem? Even so, it would still be a cockerel, correct? The roos are pure Buckeye and RIR. I'm just trying to learn a little more.
The most recent hatch could only have possibly 2 pure breds (Buck & RIR), the rest would be BYM. 15 chicks and hoping for 7-8 pullets.

Also, since Sapphire Gems are sex linked, they're a mix of a not-barred rooster and a barred hen. That gives you all barred cockerels and solid blue pullets

 

[C Siena]

No, all barred chicks have to have one parent that is barred. If a chicken has the barring gene, it's barred, they can't "carry" the gene and not show it, if that makes sense.

Makes sense to me. Thanks