I was wondering if anyone had any good resources on crossing chickens for sex link traits. Like crossing this with that will give you red pullets and white cockrels, etc. I am very interested in this project so any info would be greatly appreciated.
Sheila
Determining Sex links in chicken breeding
Hi Sheila. We had a thread including links for this a while ago. tf is considering a sex-link cross with a particularly nice RIR and some Delawares--I think this would result in one of the red-sex-links. There are several crossings that work, sometimes the results involve different parent breeds on one side, but they are still called by the same hybrid name. A lot of the hatcheries also develop their own lines that they give special names--although the initial cross was a common one.
Sheila, i will fidn that thread. or perhaps for tonight just post some links that i posted in that thread...
http://www.catoire-fantasque.be/Basse-cour/poule_sexage.php
http://successwithpoultry.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-tell-sex-of-chicks.html
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1889/20865
i just checked th e links, and the first one does not mentin sexlinks, but shows feather sexing and differences in beaks. could be othe rinfo on that same site...
the other two deal with sex link crosses...
tf
here si the thread cat and i were thinking of...
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/817710/