What breeds can you sex as chicks

[boykin2010]

I am wondering what are all the breeds you can sex as day old chicks. Also, can you tell me what are all the breeds you can cross to get sex-linked chicks.
I have heard you can sex barred rocks as chicks but it seems confusing how you sex them.
Thanks

 

[Illia]

Any barred colored breed you can sex at day old stage.

Any Wheaten colored breed you can sex as soon as they develop wing feathers.

Sex-Linked parents can be almost anything of a non-barred father and barred mother or a gold father, silver mother. (but having dominant white in there helps)


As for barring like on Rocks, the sexing is done by the size of the white dot on their heads. If it is really large, often "spilling" out of its perfect circular or slit-like shape and onto the neck, it is a boy. If it is small enough to stay on the head and be of a nice circular or oval shape, it is a girl.

 

[boykin2010]

ok thank you!

 

[LeBlackbird]

sometimes Commercial Leghorns and Cornish X can be sexed via wing at 1 day old...

 

[briteday]

In the Breeds section on the forum is a list of combinations (roos & hens) used to make various sexlinks

 

[Ridgerunner]

Read the first post in this thread. It should help.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261208

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

Some lines of Welsummer can be sexed at hatch.

 

[LeBlackbird]

Absolutely right Philly! Along with SS, and most BB-red and Partridge birds...