What do you get when....

[carriehelene]

you cross a barred rock with a red sex-link? I know it's a mutt- but can you color sex with this breeding?

 

[Mahonri]

you get a mutt chicken and any pullets from the paring will most likely be good layers.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Unfortunately, they will not produced sex-linked birds though.

If the rooster is barred, then 50% of the chicks will be barred, and 50% will be white.

If the hen is barred, 50% will be white and it will produce black females and barred males.

I guess it will be sex-linked with the latter, but you won't know the sex if they are white.

 

[blackdotte]

If the rooster is barred, then 50% of the chicks will be barred, and 50% will be white.

Sorry all the chicks will be barred if the cock bird is homozygous, and
if heterozygous you will get ½ each barred or black,
David​

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Quote:
Sorry all the chicks will be barred if the cock bird is homozygous, and
if heterozygous you will get ½ each barred or black,
David

Not according to the chicken calculator. Whether not it's true to the real thing, I don't know, but I have much faith in it. You have to consider what other genetics are on the hen's side. If you have questions, just ask the maker. He is a member here.

ETA: That may be true for BLACK sex-links, but this is a cross between a Red sex-link and a Barred Rock. Completely different.

 

[Krys109uk]

Yotr, I think you're right.

Barred Rock male: E/E, S/S, B/B,

Red sex link something like: eWh/eWh, s+/-, Co/Co, (poss Db?) Mh/mh+, I/i+

Shan't write for s+,co+,mh+, (or db+).

Gives E/eWh, S/s+, B/b+, I/i+ = white birds (possible faint barring)

& E/eWh, S/s+, B/b+, i+/i+ = black barred