What breed is this??

[DdachickenBoy]

They have to be barred, else they are not black sex links.

Black sex links are mixed breed chickens that are specifically bred with the intent of being able to tell males from females at hatch by the color of their down. There are several ways to do this, but in black sex links, it is the sex linked barring gene that is being used. They are bred such that all male chicks inherit barring, and all females don't. This means all male chicks have a white head spot in their down, while females lack this, and that's how the genders are told apart at hatch.

So a black sex link male MUST be barred. If a male chicken is not barred, it cannot be a black sex link.

Again genetics are not perfect! I have a black sex link hen that had white like the boys when she was a chick! I have seen black sex link roosters that have the same pattern as a hen!

 

[Pyxis]

Again genetics are not perfect! I have a black sex link hen that had white like the boys when she was a chick! I have seen black sex link roosters that have the same pattern as a hen!

What were the parents of these birds? What birds were crossed to produce them? If the parents weren't a barred hen and non barred rooster, then they weren't black sex links. Even breeding two black sex links together doesn't produce more black sex links - the sex linking only works for the first generation cross.

 

[sourland]

Not necessarily black sex link roosters are usually barred but they can look like the hens too!

Incorrect.

 

[DdachickenBoy]

Incorrect.

Not incorrect know what your talking about!

 

[DdachickenBoy]

What were the parents of these birds? What birds were crossed to produce them? If the parents weren't a barred hen and non barred rooster, then they weren't black sex links. Even breeding two black sex links together doesn't produce more black sex links - the sex linking only works for the first generation cross.

I know this. My black sex links were barred mothers and non barred father’s from tractor supply! Genetics is not the same every time stop acting like your a freaking expert in genetics! Here’s a picture of a black sex link rooster! Everybody had forte to experiences just because you haven’t had those experiences doesn’t mean there not true! This is suppose to be a website where people can share and learn in sharing what I have learned so stop attacking me just because you have never heard of this before!

 

[rosemarysugar]

Not incorrect know what your talking about!

black sex link

 

[DdachickenBoy]

black sex link

Are you agreeing or disagreeing?

 

[sourland]

Not incorrect know what your talking about!

Excellent suggestion.

 

[cmom]

Not a black sex link, since a black sex link rooster would be barred. Only the females in black sex links look like this.

True., not a BSL. I believe our TSC uses Privett hatchery.

 

[cmom]

For a BSL I have used a RIR male and Barred Rock females.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-link
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sex-links/BRKSexLink.html