What do I get when I Breed My Rhode Island Red Rooster with my Barred Rock Hen?

[TammyF]

I have just begun to hatch some eggs. I have a RIR Rooster and Barred Rock Hens. What will the chicks be?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

You will have black sex link chicks

 

[Wyandottes7]

You will have black sex link chicks

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The female chicks will be mostly black, and the males will have a spot of white on their heads.

 

[Kelsie2290]

You're lucky, you'll have black sex links, the chicks will be sexable at hatch and should be very nice layers. Nice thread on sex links in general with pics of chicks farther down (females will be black, male chicks will have a white spot on the head) https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information there are a lot of reviews for them in the breeds section also you might want to check out https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/black-sex-link-chicken

 

[TammyF]

Thank you for the info>

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Here is an image that shows both the chicks and also the differences in how the adult birds feather out - sex linked crosses are fabulous as you can sex the chicks at hatch, which makes it easy to sell your birds as sexed chicks and/or decide which birds to keep before investing weeks into feeding and caring for them

 

[Carpenter Coop]

That's awesome that you would know that

 

[Michael OShay]

Black Sex Links are my favorite chickens being hardy and friendly, egg laying machines. I've raised them for years (along with dozens of other breeds and hybrids), and they have been my best layers, consistently churning out more than 300 eggs per hen per year. You should get loads of eggs from your BSL hens. )