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Here’s a guide to breeding black sex link chickens plus many other sex link chickens colors.
Mating together specific colored rooster and hen combinations can result in hen and rooster chicks that are discernibly different in color at hatching.
Such auto-sexing breeding chickens “recipes” are described below.
Breeding chickens in combinations that produce sex link chickens offers many benefits, based on the ability to separate the male chicks from the female chicks at hatching.
The common Hyline and ISA Brown laying birds, for example, are auto-sexed so that the hen chicks are brown and the rooster chicks yellow. This avoids the need to waste time, space and feed raising the commercially “useless” rooster chicks.
When breeding and raising chickens it is similarly valuable to be able to manage or trade chicks with the confidence that comes from knowing from the start what sex they are.
To produce female BLACK sex link chickens
Combining a cuckoo or barred hen (e.g. Plymouth Rock) with any non-barred, non-cuckoo colored rooster will yield cuckoo or barred rooster chicks and solid colored – usually black – hen chicks.
Barred/cuckoo hen matings that result in female solid black sex link chickens are many and varied.
To achieve female black sex linked chickens you can mate her with roosters that are of any of the following colors…
Brown (e.g. Leghorn) roosters with cuckoo/barred hens will produce:
Cockerel chicks that have yellow beak, shanks and toes, and are black on top of body with a white spot. The pullet chicks have black/dark beak, shanks and toes, and are all black on top.
Buff (e.g. Buff Orpington) roosters with cuckoo/barred hens will produce:
Cuckoo/barred cockerel chicks (in brown or grey tones). The hens will be either solid brown or solid black sex link chickens.
Similarly, blue roosters (e.g. Blue Orpington or Australorp) mated with the same color hens will produce:
The usual grey tone cuckoo/barred roosters; The hens in this case will be either solid blue or solid black sex link chickens.
To produce female BROWN or BUFF colored sex linked chickens
Mate a Black Patterned Silver Columbian (e.g. Light Sussex) Hen to either:
RESULT: Buff pullet chicks; white or pale yellow cockerel chicks
RESULT: Pullet chicks have chocolate head and heavy stripes on a light brown background; cockerel chicks are black and white.
Alternatively, mate a white hen (works with white Wyandotte or Leghorn but not all white breeds) with a Rhode Island Red rooster.
RESULT: Brown pullet chicks with dark body stripe; silver cockerel chicks with black markings.
RESULT: Buff pullet chicks (with slight black marks); yellow/white cockerel chicks (with slight black marks).
The Legbar is produced by crossing the Brown Leghorn with the Barred Plymouth Rock, and is an autosexing breed in its own right.
This characteristic can be used in crosses too, for example:
RESULT: Gold pullet chicks; silver cockerel chicks. The pullets also have faster feathering wings.
RESULT: Pullet chicks have brown/grey legs; legs of cockerel chicks are yellow. The pullets also have faster feathering wings.
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An old reliable hybrid cross between a Barred Rock hen & a Rhode Island Red cock. The Black Sex-link is a balanced hen that not only turns out the eggs, but since this breed is a bit larger than our other hybrids, they can be utilized for a dual purpose. It is a very popular brown egg layer that is gentler breed than the Red Sex-link, however not as efficient.
Egg color - Produces large brown eggs with egg production approximately 250+ per year
Purpose - Layer
Weight: Females 5 to 5.5 lbs.
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The Black Sex Link chicken produces ample amounts of eggs and is fast to mature making them a great beginner chicken for backyard keepers. This is a hybrid chicken that is specifically bred to be able to easily sex males from females by color and is mainly used for egg production. Active and kid-friendly, these are fun chickens to keep without any long-term commitments. It is worth noting that Black Sex Link roosters can be rather aggressive and territorial, unlike the hens, and are not recommended around children or other pets. Black Sex Link hens lay an average of 200 to 280 large light brown eggs annually. The average weight for the males is 8.5 pounds fully matured and the females average 6.5 pounds. Black Sex Links are not an APA-recognized breed. Due to their fast maturing and active egg-laying abilities, these chickens only live to be 2 to 3 years on average. All of our baby chickens for sale come with a live arrival guarantee. We at Valley Hatchery strive to provide the best day-old chicks of any breed that are happy, healthy, and ready for their new home.
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Posted on Last updated: August 30, 2022
Sexlink Chickens are a popular choice for people who want lots of eggs quickly. A really simple breeding trick gives you chicks that can be sexed on sight, making it a lot easier to ensure you’re only bringing home females!
Sexlinks aren’t a specific breed of chicken, instead, it’s a term applied to specific hybrids that produce dimorphic chicks. In simple terms, the male and female chicks are different colors.
It might sound crazy but it’s really just genetics. Sexual dimorphism is almost always present in adult birds but in some breeds it’s visible in the babies.
Pilgrim Geese are naturally dimorphic with the males being all white and the females looking almost exactly like grey Toulouse (that’s how I know my male geese are the real jerks). Breeds that are naturally dimorphic are called “autosexing” instead of “sexlink”.
In the wonderful world of chickens we have breeds, including the historic heritage breeds, and the hybrids. The hybrids aren’t actually considered breeds they are a type or a variety.
In order to be considered a breed they would have to produce offspring that are true to type and that just doesn’t happen when you try to cross mutts.
I’m a big fan of the old-school dual-purpose chickens for their longevity. Hybrids on the other hand, generally lay earlier and more consistently until they burn out.
A lot of people that keep hybrid chicken flocks keep them for a year or maybe two before dispatching/making a ton of broth and moving on to the next batch. From a practical stand point it’s a good plan, you get lots of eggs and then enough broth to make egg drop soup for the whole neighborhood.
One of my earlier flocks had a half dozen hybrid layers, they were all Tetra-Tints from Tractor Supply. Out of the 6, I had 3 die from water belly or ascites. It’s a common problem in hybrid layers that I’ve never seen in the 100’s of chickens I’ve had since then.
Hybrid chickens (including the sexlinks) are very good at laying eggs but they aren’t likely to have a long, healthy retirement phase after they’re done. It’s not necessarily a good or bad thing but it is something to keep in mind when you’re deciding on a breed for your flock.
While I don’t intentionally seek out production hybrids, my barnyard is basically a never ending key party and all of my home grown chicks are hybrids. I’m sure I’ve had a few unplanned sexlink chicks over the years but my hens seem to only hatch roosters and I haven’t seen any of the heath issues mentioned above in my barnyard mixes.
Sex link chickens are specific hybrid crosses that take advantage of recessive color traits to produce chicks that look different depending on what sex they are. The actual appearance of the chicks will vary depending on the parents but it’s always clear who is who.
One of the trickiest parts of chicken keeping is telling watching your little fluffs grow to that awkward teenage phase and onto adulthood while obsessivly looking for signs that will tell you who is going to make egg salad and who is going to make your neighbors hate you.
One of the most popular posts on this sight is about that exact topic. Unless you’re vent sexing (please don’t) you chicks the only way to know if you have males or females before about 6-8 weeks of age, is with sexlinked chicks.
There are lots of options for sexlink chickens and I’m only going to cover the most popular. It’s also important to note that sometimes hatcheries come up with their own name so there is some overlap.
One of the most popular varieties of sex linked chickens is the Black Sexlink. Adult black sexlink hens are mostly black with some red feathering around the neck and down the chest.
You will often find these birds sold as Black Sexlinks but other names include Black Stars, Black Rocks or Rock Reds.
Black sexlinks are made by breeding a barred hen with a non-barred rooster. The most common combination is a Rhode Island Red rooster over a Barred Rock hen.
Barring is a recessive trait that is only carried on the male chromosome. That means the female chicks will have 0 copies of the barring and the male chicks will have 1 copy.
This shows up in the chicks as solid black females (sometimes they’ll have some reddish coloring on the chests) and black males with a white dot on their heads.
That white dot is a huge flashing sign indicating barring, it’s on all Barred Rocks, Dominiques, and Cuckoo Marans. Male chicks in those breeds can sometimes be IDd when little because they’ll have a larger white spot than females but it’s not as exact as in the sex links.
The hens can be expected to lay 200-280 large, light brown eggs per year. Actual numbers will vary with feed, husbandry, and weather. They are not known for going broody and do not tend to sit on eggs.
All hybrids tend to be very sturdy and
Red sexlinks are the other popular category of sexlinked chickens with even more variety names. Golden Comets, Cinnamon Queens, ISA Browns and Red Stars (just to name a few) are all names used for Red Sexlinks.
Red sexlinks are bred from a New Hampshire or Rhode Island Red rooster over a White Rock, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island White or Delaware hen. There are a lot of combinations in there and that’s why this style of hybrid has so many different names.
Male chicks are pale yellow to white and female chicks are red to reddish brown.
The adult hens are either buff-colored (tan) or red and the adult roosters are either all white or white with black tails and some yellow in their hackle and saddle feathers. They have large, single combs and clean legs with no feathering.
Red sexlinks are active, sturdy birds that are not known for going broody, but there are always exceptions. They do well in a free range situation and are considered an active bird.
Adult hens are around 7 pounds and roosters will weigh 8-9 pounds at maturity. The hens can be expected to lay 200-280 large, light brown eggs per year with some specific varieties like the Golden Comet and the Cinnamon Queen laying over 300 eggs a year.
Another, newer and less well known sexlink chicken variety is the Sapphire Gem. The breeding behind this type is a little more murky than the others but there are certainly some Rock genes going on.
The name Sapphire Gem is actually trademarked by Hoover’s Hatchery but they supply chicks to Tractor Supply so you might have seen them in a store near you.
Sapphire Gems are blue, which in chicken land means a dusty grey/lavender. Blue chicken genetics are a whole different ball game but they likely play an important role in the sex-linked characteristics of this breed.
Male sapphire gem chicks will have a white dot on their heads while the female chicks will not. The adult birds have lovely dusty blue-grey feathering that varies from light to dark in tone.
The medium sized hens lay approximately 290 large grown eggs per year. They have also developed a reputation as nice, friendly birds that enjoy interacting with their human keepers.
Breeding sex link chickens isn’t any different than breeding any other chickens. You need a rooster, a hen and 21 days in an incubator or under a hen and you’ll be throwing your own barnyard gender reveal party on hatch day.
The most important thing is to start with quality parent stock. Genetics can be complicated and if you’re not starting with clean blood lines the recessive markers you need for the sexlinking to work won’t be reliable.
If you plan to breed your own sexlink chicks make sure you’re starting with roosters and hens from good bloodlines. It’s also important to note that you can not breed a second generation of sexlinks from sexlink parents.
It’s a one and done situation. Each batch needs to start with purebred parents if you want to know what your chicks are when they hatch.
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Posted on Last updated: August 30, 2022
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