Thursday, May 21, 2009

red sex link, golden Comet

the red sex links Igot were golden comets and these hens have a lot of white feathers mixed with red feathers.
Red Sex-Links are the result of various crosses. White Rocks with the silver factor (the dominant white gene would produce all white offspring) are crossed with a New Hampshire male to produce the Golden Comet. Silver Laced Wyandotte crossed with New Hampshire gives the Cinnamon Queen. Two other crosses are obtained with Rhode Island White x Rhode Island Red, and Delaware x Production Red. These two crosses are simply called Red Sex-Links. Males hatch out white and, depending on the cross, feather out to pure white or with some black feathering. Females hatch out buff or red also depending on cross, and they feather out in one of three ways.

2 comments:

Galla Creek said...

I hope they all make it.

Judy said...

All the little chicks are so cute but I like the black one best from Australia. Have a great weekend.