what kind of chicks

[outdoor junkie]

Picked these four little chicks up from a local feed store last week, have no idea what kind they are for sure, just wondering if anyone could offer up any ideas so I could put a breed with them. not the best pic and maybe a little too early to tell by photo. Thanks all.

 

[Braclin]

Most feed stores carry sexlinks. Can't really tell from the pic, but its a good possibility.

 

[outdoor junkie]

What exactly is a sexlink? Sorry just don't know much about them yet.

 

[Braclin]

Sex-links are cross-bred chickens whose color at hatching is differentiated by sex, thus making chick sexing an easier process. Sex-links come in many varieties, few of which are a true breed. As hybrids of laying or dual-purpose breeds infused with extra vigor via heterosis, sex-links can be extremely good egg-layers which often produce 300 eggs a year or more depending on the quality of care and feed.

Two common varieties are the Black sex-link (also called Black Stars) and the Red sex-link (also called Red Stars). Blacks are a cross between a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a Barred Rock hen. Red sex-links are a cross between a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a White Rock, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island White or Delaware hen. One example of a red linked breed is the Red Shaver. In Europe, the Cream Legbar (an actual true-breeding pure breed) and ISA Brown sex-links also exist.

Courtesy of Wikipedia

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[outdoor junkie]

Thank you. I was told all of mine are hens, they were not straight run.

 

[N&MSchroeder]

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x2 They look like sex links.

 

[a123andpoof]

The black ones look like my black sex links. Dont know about the other ones though.

 

[outdoor junkie]

i was told the gold ones were great egg layers, and the black ones not so much.