Wow! such fast replies!

[Brooke*D]

Thanks so much...BUT, I'm so new to the idea of chickens I don't know the lingo. What is meant by pullets, roos, and sex-link breed? I have been reading much info thru internet & this is why I need to talk with live people.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Why not spend some time reading in the BYC Learning Center ? I think you'll get a lot of your most basic questions answered there.

 

[sred98]

Brooke*D :

Thanks so much...BUT, I'm so new to the idea of chickens I don't know the lingo. What is meant by pullets, roos, and sex-link breed? I have been reading much info thru internet & this is why I need to talk with live people.

Pullets are either (depending on who you are) a female chicken that hasn't layed her first egg, or a female chicken under a year old. Roo = Rooster, and sex-link is a type of chicken that you can tell the sex when they hatch, based on their color. They are good egglayers. Most hatcheries have their own "brand".

Shelly​

 

[wegotchickens]

from East TN!
Pullets will eventually be hens and lay eggs.
Roo is short for rooster.
Sex-link means the hen is a different color from the roo, so it's easier to make sure you only end up with eggs

 

[patyrdz]

Hi! Welcome from North Carolina!

Pullets-young hens
Roos- Rooster
Sex linked- You can tell Pullets from roos by the color.


Edited to say...Tehehe, they beat me to it! LOL

 

[sonew123]

welcome Brooke!

 

[Brooke*D]

THANK YOU ALL!!! I already know 3 things now! Lol! and I will check out the BYC Learning Center. Thanks for the warm welcome.

 

[duck&chickencrazy]

hello from indiana and

 

[debilorrah]

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

from TN