What will it look like?

[rooster brandon.]

If a road island red rooster mates with a barred rock hen what does the chicks look like?

 

[buzymom13]

I can only say...it'll have feathers and two legs and two wings.... etc. I'm not good at what makes what if combined with what... Sorry...

Hope someone else can help with that soon...

 

[txcarl1258]

That is your classic black sex link cross. The hens will be born black as chicks with no white at all. The roos will look like BR chicks black with a white spot on their head. When grown the Roos look like BR with red leakage. The hens are normally black with red streaks in their neck and chest. I have seen some black sex links with lots of red in their necks and chests. At least you will know hens from roos when they hatch!

 

[Break an Egg]

Sounds like the babies would be sex linked- meaning you could tell if the babies were male or female from hatching. The males would have a white spot on top their heads and the females would be solid black except for a few red feathers around the chest.

Here is a page showing examples, hope it helps.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sex-links/BRKSexLink.html

 

[rooster brandon.]

Does anyone have any pics of these crossed birds?if you do please post them.

 

[txcarl1258]

I also forgot to add that the hens are great egg layers, but can be very bossy! They are beautiful though, very large and lay large eggs. IMO the roos look like an ugly BR. The link in the post above yours shows the pics of the crosses. It is from feathersite.com This is your best friend when it comes to researching chicken breeds. n

 

[NevadaRon]

rooster brandon. :

Does anyone have any pics of these crossed birds?if you do please post them.

I have two of them.

The black babies.

As juveniles - again, the black ones.

Not a great pic, but here they are.

 

[cpegram]

black ones are blacksexlink hens

and finally the roo

hope this helps

 

[LuvMyPeeps7]

I have 3 and they all look like this one

 

[rooster brandon.]

thanks and god bless................the roo pic is awsome!