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A sex-linked trait is a trait governed by genes on only one of the two sex chromosomes.
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If you breed a black sexlink hen to a black sexlink rooster what will you get?
a chicken.
Fast growing breed of chickens?
Any production breed - Cornish cross, production RIR, sexlink, etc - will mature faster than other breeds.
What are sexlink chickens?
in sex-linked chickens the males coloring and markings will be different looking in newly hatched chicks. For example: Golden Sex Link Chickens (also known as Golden Comets), will have reddish yellow chicks and lighter yellow chicks. The feathers are different for the different sexes. It is easy to determine if the chick is a female (pullet) or male (roo). Sex-linked chickens are not a standard chicken breed, rather a hybrid cross of two different breeds, usually combined to create highly productive hens. There are several different sex-link hybrids on the market. The benefit to buying sex-linked chicks is knowing that you have all pullets and no roosters in the bunch!
How can you tell a baby turkey from a boy or girl?
If you are lucky and have a chick from a sexlink cross, that is the rooster is one color, the hen is a different color , when the eggs hatch the baby boy chicks will have a different color than the girl chicks. If you need to find out right away after hatching, you will need to "vent check" them to look for a nearly microscopic male appendage. This is not something newbies should do, their vents are tiny and you could damage them very easily. And it is only accurate 90 percent of the time even when professionals do it. If you can wait just a few weeks after the chicks hatch, you will notice that most of the boy chicks will have a little longer legs and bigger feet and the comb on top of their head will be just a little bigger. As they age further there will be more changes in the feathers, the males will grow pointed saddle feathers and usually but not always prettier, shinier feathers than the hens.
