True Cinnamon Queen?

[southeast]

I ordered 25 "Cinnamon Queens" from a hatchery. When I asked what they were breeding to get their CQ's, they told me a RIR hen and a ISA brown rooster. Are these considered actual CQ's? I've never heard of those used to get a CQ.

 

[Pyxis]

No. A cinnamon queen is just a 'brand name' red sex link from a hatchery. Generally they are made by crossing a rhode island red male with rhode island white females to produce sex linked chicks that can be told apart at hatch by their down color.

An "Isa Brown" is a red sex link too, so the rooster they are using is a red sex link rooster. That over a rhode island red hen will NOT produce sex linked chicks.

 

[YdogsflY]

A CQ is a hybrid and most likely made up of whatever the hatchery uses to make red sexlinked fowl.

 

[junebuggena]

No, you would not be getting Cinnamon Queens from that pairing. Cinnamon Queens are just a brand name for red sexlinks. To produce a red sexlink, you need to have a SILVER hen and a RED rooster. It won't work the other way around.