Ok I get what you're saying. For it to be a black sex link it has to have a barred mother. So a barred rock would have worked. I'm just confused since saphire jem roos have barring and females don't I was wondering if their offspring would have the same characteristics. Would a saphire jem...
I hatched 5 chicks from my easter egger rooster and my saphire jem hen. 4 are black and 1 is blue. My question is since saphire jems are sex links and males show barring and have a white spot on the head,is my offspring also sex linked or does the Easter egger genes make it not possible? They...
I recently incubated eggs from my saphire jem hen and my easter egger roo. All but 1 are black! I did not foresee this being what they'd look like. One is grey like mama and I'm wondering where they got this coloration
I have 2 black prairie bluebell hens that are 3 months old and I've noticed their earlobes are yellow. Everything I've seen about them said they should have white or blue earlobes. Anyone seen this before?