What gender?

[ChickBro]

Sounds like you know your stuff! Sorry to hear one did not make it.

Thanks! I thought the same thing as MamaTomany123 until someone explained it to me.

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Thanks! I thought the same thing as MamaTomany123 until someone explained it to me.

Cool!!

 

[EllieandOlive]

From what I've read, breeding siblings is not ideal for their genetics. But you didn't say if they are from the same parents, just that they hatched together right?

Although I've also read siblings can* be bred without issues, they're just more likely to crop up than seperate bloodlines or a roo covering it's daughter for a generation or two.

 

[ChickBro]

From what I've read, breeding siblings is not ideal for their genetics. But you didn't say if they are from the same parents, just that they hatched together right?

Although I've also read siblings can* be bred without issues, they're just more likely to crop up than seperate bloodlines or a roo covering it's daughter for a generation or two.

Thanks! This is really good to know. But, yeah they are from the same parents.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

RIR Rooster and California white hen.

Do you have a picture of the California white? She could be an austra white instead, which wouldn’t produce barred chicks.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

.....why did you think they were black sexlinks then? Am I confused? Does a RIR and California white magically create a BSL?

A BSL is a RIR and a BPR I think

A California white hen is a cross between a California grey and a white leghorn. So, if the California white has a barred gene then breeding the RIR rooster and CW hen would have a 50% chance of being black, and a 50% of being white.I got lucky and got 2 black.There was a blond chick that pipped but did not hatch .

Yeah, any cockerels of that cross should get a barring gene from their mother. However, if the information from hatcheries is false and Cali whites aren’t actually a cross of Cali grey rooster and white leghorn hen (which should produce all barred chicks), then the mother may not have a barring gene. Or she’s not a California white.