what would i get?

[stevin]

RIR roo w/a black australorp hen?
hopefully some egg laying machines..
but they will not be sex linked, am i correct?

 

[adkchickmama]

Stevin, not sure of the genetics but hang in there and someone more knowledgeable will come along.

 

[SteveH]

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That cross is referred to as the " black cross " on this site :
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://thepamperedpulletsfarm.com/images/2004_0115barredrocks52080003.jpg&imgrefurl=http://thepamperedpulletsfarm.com/How_To_1.html&usg=__nTju6j0oeefMeu1tGZNSyIYpls8=&h=480&w=640&sz=91&hl=en&start=20&tbnid=2ItTLOYpB65rIM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcrossbred%2Bchickens%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

[ If you read the entire page you will read that the New Hampshire and Road Island Red are interchangable for cross breeding purposes ] Hopefully someone with more knowledge will give us info on whether this is a sex link or not .

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

Pretty sure you will get both black cockerels and black pullets

 

[stevin]

thats what i was thinking, all black chics.
has anyone crossed these 2 breeds? i'm now curious as too how they would look once matured.
i would think that they will almost look like a black sex-link hen, possibly around 6 1/2 - 7lbs, possible reddish feathers around the hackle(like some BSL's) and still have the beatle like green sheen(like the BA's)
that's my guess.......

 

[the simple life]

I don't know for sure but my experience so far has been that any time I crossed any breed of hen with my black copper marans they came out black.
I just had a hatch this week and the orpingtons, barred rocks, rhode island reds and easter eggers crosses are all black.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Did anyone check out the chicken calculator?

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

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I did....IF RIR roos are "red" then chicks should be all black (both sexes)

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

It will actually depend upon which e-allele the black is built on. I would think that with australorps it is probably E, and in that case you are correct, but with the exception of wheaten, you can built a black bird on any of the other e-alleles, and they give varying results when crossed with red columbian.

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

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There you go with that "genetics lingo" again.....I have GOT to get me a book.

I made A's in every science course I ever took...I "should" be able to figure this out

Off to class I guess!!!