This is a handsome rooster not quite 2 years old. He has a beautiful mix of colors and a rose comb. We named him...Sir Fozworth Peckfellow. We call him Fozzie. When we got him they called him a sexlink. Is that what he is? And what exactally is a sexlink? Is that a mix?
Here is another closeup of him.
Yet another photo.
smedgekles, Yes a Sex-link is a cross of several different breeds. I like your roosters name. He's a very handsome bird!!! He looks like a cross between a Rhode Island Red and a Barred Rock.
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one handsome guy!
well anyone know wut kind mine is? (not so handsome, but friendly!)
fire_shy, What was it supposed to be when you aquired it? Did you purchase him as a chick?
yes, I bought a batch of 25 leghorn chicks. We only kept 4 of them, but one turned out to be this! It must have been a mix up or something. So i dont know wut kind she is. any ideas?
The other 3 don't look like her/him?
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nope, the other 3 are leghorns. Like the other 20 we gave away.....she totally seems like a different breed, but maybe she was just born fat lol jk.....i always say she is a rock, because that's the closest kind the hatchery sold.
is she close to a plemmith rock? or do you think she's a different kind
The only thing I can think of is it might be a Sex-link. They're crosses. Is it a rooster or hen? If it's a hen does it lay large brown eggs?
No a Plymouth Barred Rock is black and white.
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yes, it's hen and it lays large brown eggs.
Looks like a Sex-link was sent to you as a bonus bird.
lol....so.....i'm sorry, i'm really dum, but is a sex link where 2 breeds cross? or no, because you knew she layed brown eggs. Is a sexlink a breed? lol .I'm soo new at this
I have several Sex-links, they're great layers. But i'm going to give them away in the spring as I'm going to order 6 Arucauna/Americaun and 6 Rhode Island Red chicks in Feb.
Yes, they're a cross of different breeds. They've crossed so many breeds to develop the Sex-link that they've lost track as to what has been crossed. They can tell what sex they are at hatching just by their color.
nice. Are sex-links good birds? they dont lay many eggs, but they are obviosly meat birds. I heard that they don't live very long tho :( too bad....they're so friendly
Is a sex-link a chicken which can be identified by physical characteristics
at birth? I know I've read about such breeds. For example, black chicks
are roos and red chicks are hens. I'm just guessing here since I'm not clear
you got an answer to your question yet.
Tam
lol. I just read about sex-links that if the hen has white earlobes she lays white eggs and if she has red lobes, she lays brown eggs. very interesting
They're excellent layers. As far as longevity goes I have no idea, all I know is I've had mine for a couple of years and they're still laying well. I have one that lays such a large egg I can't believe she even survives it! LOL
That's a new one on me I didn't know that! LOL
LOL! Mine hasn't layed and egg in about a month. The leghorns are though. Should I be worried? Or do they not lay many eggs?
ya, its pretty cool. I wonder if there is a way to tell if they are furtalized or not lol.
We have a hut for my chickens, but it still gets below freezing in there. The 2 heatlamps dont make much of a difference in that cold. The air is really cool in saskatchewan. I dont know wut to do, they're getting such frosbite. I've tried vaseline, but it doesn't seem to work.
This time of year when it gets dark so early they stop laying as many. I have about 16 hens (12 Sex-links and 4 Americaunas) and get about 3-5 eggs a day in the winter. That's normal as they need about 14 hrs of light to lay regularly. In the summer I get an egg a day per hen, usually starting around April.
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i have kind of a strange coop. its bales stacked high enough 2 stand in with an old huge satelite dish on the top lol
Yeah, it gets pretty cold in my henhouse too, below 0. My roosters combs have suffered frostbite too. I haven't come up with anything to protect them. As far as after they've been frostbitten you might want to try bag balm instead of vaseline.
Whatever works to protect them from the elements. Bales of straw work great for insulation. Even bales of hay, I have a cat that sleeps in between the hay bales at times when he's not in the house. As far as the sattelite dish, a roof is a roof!!! LOL
bag balm? lol. what is that?
Here i took a pic of the coop. It's kinda cool. You better be thankful because it's freezing out there! I ran out and froze my hands off taking the pics lol
haha here's a pic of the inside.
Bag Balm is what dairy people put on their cows udders after they milk them to keep the udder from getting dried out and chafed. It's kind of like a medicated vaseline.
I do appreciate you going out and taking a pic of your coop! Great pic, like I said whatever works!
haha thnx. Can you get bag balm at a store?
Your chickens look happy!! LOL
Yes, even at a drug store. I've even gotten it at Costco. If you have a Costco.
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Well Smedge, it does not look like you have been on here lately....but here is a pic of a Gold Cuckoo Marans Rooster. I think it looks just like your Rooster. If this is what it is, I think it is a rare bird but i am not positive. You should keep him and maybe get him a girlfriend or two.
http://s143.photobucket.com/albums/r144/rebel102/?action=view¤t=BillBradensChickens-small.jpg
Lurky, Thanks for the picture. It does look a lot like him only yours looks to have feathered feet and a single comb? Fozzie has a rose comb and no feathers on his feet but otherwise, Wow it looks so much like him. He has lots of girlfriends but none like him. Our hens are mostly Rhode Island Reds and then we also have an Astrolorp an Auracauna and a Dominique. The Astrolorp sat on eggs this past summer and hatched out some interesting looking chicks. They are now about 5 months old and the feathering combination is pretty wild on some of them. If I can get some decent pictures I'll post them for you to see.
I am pretty sure there is a french marans breed that is featherfooted.
Type in a search for french golden cuckoo marans rooster.
That is not my rooster.....that belongs to a guy i will be buying eggs from to hatch in Feb.
