would appreciate some help with the breed of black sex links. will be using them for eggs. please,as much info as possible. also, if anyone knows a web site that would have info and pictures.
thank you, ron

Ron. Try Feathersite. It has pictures of many breeds and usually a little information about it. Not exactly sure of the address off hand, but if you just type in feathersite in your search engine it should come up.
Deeds

Don't know if you still are researching this?
anyway info from a 30's/40's poultry book
Black Males crossed with Barred females
will result in Male chicks having an occipital spot on the top of their head and female chicks will have solid coloured heads (no pale spot!)
Examples of Black Males...
Australorp, Langshan,Minorca, Orpington, Rock and Leghorn.
Examples of Barred females...
Barred Rock, Barred Dominque, Cuckoo Leghorn, Crele Game and Scot's Grey.

Dutch breeding company Bovans produces a black sex-linked layer using barred plymouth rock in the mother lines and Rhode Island Red in the father lines. It's called Bovans Nera

Check out their website at
http://www.hendrix-poultry.nl/

I raised Black Sex Links for the 4-H. From what i understand, Black Sex Links are a hybrid, meaning they do not have anyway to have fertilized eggs. The name comes from the fact that their black color is sex-linked in the genetic code of the parents. They're a cross between a Rhode Island Red and something else{i don't know what else}.

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