White spot on head

[junebuggena]

Barring is a sexlinked gene in that a barred hen can only pass her barring to her sons. Barred Rock females only get one barred gene from their father. Barred Rock boys get one barring gene each from both mother and father. You can make a black sexlink by using any non barred rooster with a barred hen, because a barred hen can only pass barring to her sons. If you used a barred rooster over any hen, all of the chicks, both male and female could be barred.

 

[Michael OShay]

So a barred hen can be crossed with any solid-colored cock to produce Black Sex-Links? I read that it had to be a gold gene cock.

Also, I'm wondering what would happen if you switched the genders. For example, if you crossed a barred gene cock x a red gene hen, would you get barred hens and black males?

Barring is a sexlinked gene in that a barred hen can only pass her barring to her sons. Barred Rock females only get one barred gene from their father. Barred Rock boys get one barring gene each from both mother and father. You can make a black sexlink by using any non barred rooster with a barred hen, because a barred hen can only pass barring to her sons. If you used a barred rooster over any hen, all of the chicks, both male and female could be barred.

X2 on junebuggena; I couldn't have stated it any better. )

 

[BantamLover21]

Barring is a sexlinked gene in that a barred hen can only pass her barring to her sons. Barred Rock females only get one barred gene from their father. Barred Rock boys get one barring gene each from both mother and father. You can make a black sexlink by using any non barred rooster with a barred hen, because a barred hen can only pass barring to her sons. If you used a barred rooster over any hen, all of the chicks, both male and female could be barred.

x3

 

[Cebarmlds]

Thank you all! I'll just wait and see, that's half the fun

 

[donrae]

Just to clarify, you can't actually use any non-barred rooster over a barred hen. White roosters can have genetics that can mask barring, so they can mess with your sexing. You also want chicks with down dark enough to see the head spot when they hatch. I hatched out splash sex links once---that was an exercise in futility as the down was so light I could not reliably see a spot or not. I don't have personal experience with using a rooster of these colors, but I've heard wheaton and bbr/wild type genetics can also make the head spot hard to see.

Tim explains the genetics quite well on his post. Do a search for sex linked info and you'll find the thread.

 

[Chicken Poika]

I have one day old mixed breed chicks. 2 are light brown with a bit of dark on the wings. One has a white spot and the other doesn’t. You figure a boy and a girl?