you just produced Sexlinks and the chick on the pics is a Male(rooster) hens will have dark skin with Dark/black shanks(leg color).. the black spots on their white body is spected of Heterozygous white(I/i+)
take pics of all the chicks so I can tell you which one are males or females
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Why doesn't it work the other way?
Because Id(Inhibitor Dermal) wich is a Sex link gene, Silkies are id+(recessive) and Leghorns are Id(dominant) FM(Fibromelanotic, the gene that makes silkies skin black is NOT sex lined but can only be expressed with the help of id+ )
id+ being...
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if you want to sex them at hatch use silkie roo over leghron Male...
Is there something im missin I didnt know that roos could reproduce together
Sorry I meant, Silkie Roo over a Leghorn Female...
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They will be able to be Sex linked at birth... Boys with white skin, and girls with Darkish skin...
just check my mixes(did not used silkies but Fibromelanotic Roo over a production type white leghorns)
here Hatching under my home made brooder...
here you can see how the F1 should...