What breed and gender is this?!

[Onyx9370]

most likely a red sex link roo except for the last pic

Thanks, the last one is i guess the amber sex link pullet. This is my first flock, so I'm not sure!

 

[Onyx9370]

Thanks! I was pretty sure he is a roo. I was just curious about the breed, since he came with some amber sex link pullets. There are two more of them that look more like him and I'm sure they're roos too.

 

[jamie7100]

Those look exactly like my Amberlink roosters. The last one is a pullet. I thought all of my amberlinks were supposed to be females, but I have 2/3 males

I think they are all Amberlinks.

 

[Onyx9370]

I guess I'm a bit confused. I thought sex link chicks could be sexed by color? If that's true, why did the amberlink roos and pullets look tge same as day old chicks? (remember I'm new and i have no clue about genetics). I did a Google search which brought me back to a few older BYC threads, and i read where people had the same experiencr as I did. Bought them as day old amberlinks and despite them all looking the same some turned out to be roos. (my roos will have a good home with me, I just want to understand how it works) -also the google search showed the amberlink roos look the same as mine. I just want to know how are they sex links but look the same?

 

[Onyx9370]

Sorry for the typos, I'm posting from my phone, I promise I know how to spell....and type!

 

[jamie7100]

Amberlinks can't be sexed by color since the hybrid isn't actually sex linked. They aren't sex linked for color.


Red sex links can be sexed by color (the males are white, the females are red as chicks).

 

[Onyx9370]

Amberlinks can't be sexed by color since the hybrid isn't actually sex linked.  They aren't sex linked for color. 


 Red sex links can be sexed by color (the males are white, the females are red as chicks).  

Oh, okay. Do you know what the amberlinks are sex linked for if it's not color? And thanks so much for your help!

 

[perditafoster]

Very interesting thread. My guess would be amberlinked are simply hybrids since hybrid birds tend to lay larger eggs. But since they're not sex linked, I think we have as much a shot at picking a roo as a pullet. I also wonder if my TSC incorrectly labeled the bin with amberlinks as sex linked pullets? Because I got two and they are looking an awful lot like your roos.

 

[Onyx9370]

Very interesting thread. My guess would be amberlinked are simply hybrids since hybrid birds tend to lay larger eggs. But since they're not sex linked, I think we have as much a shot at picking a roo as a pullet. I also wonder if my TSC incorrectly labeled the bin with amberlinks as sex linked pullets? Because I got two and they are looking an awful lot like your roos.

That seems to be the pattern as I've read older threads on here with the same situation. I got mine from Rural King, and they had them labeled as Amber Sex Links (thats if i remember correctly, they might have had them simply labeled Amberlinks, and I assumed sex links), but i remember it DID say pullets. I know ya get a roo in with pullets sometimes, but it seems to happen a lot with these. I think a more accurate label would be Amberlink Straight Run. I have no clue what hachery they ordered from, and i can't find a lot of material online about them. As far as yours, my first clue that 3 were different from the rest were their combs, and the brown spots they got. None of my pullets have the brown spots, they are solid white and much smaller lighter colored combs.

 

[Onyx9370]

This is the only description I've ever seen of an Amber Link: http://www.birdinfo.co.uk/sites/poultry_paddock/chickens.htm