Sex link x sex link ... are eggs viable?

[grnidone]

I've read this post here about sex link breeding.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sex-linked-information.261208/

It says that rule number one is that if either parent is a sex link, you will not get sex linked chicks.

I assume that means that the resulting babies will not have colors that show you which ones are male and which are females.

Or...does it mean that the eggs won't be fertile?

 

[LilJoe]

It means you won't be able to tell the birds' sex at hatch.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Yes the eggs are viable.....no they aren't sexable at hatch

 

[Sydney Acres]

Most sex-linked birds are hybrids, not "purebreds." They are either a first generation cross of two standard breeds, or occasionally a 2nd generation cross. Because of that, they don't breed "true." What that means is that the offspring of a hybrid often doesn't look like either the mother or father. It can look like the grandparents, or a mix of multiple relatives, but the outcome is sometimes unpredictable. They are perfectly healthy chickens, and fertile, but the characteristics of the offspring just are not predictable like a standard bred bird.

That does not hold true for standard bred birds that are naturally sex-linked, but that feature is rarely seen. Here are some examples of standard bred, non-hybrid birds that are naturally sex linked. They are called autosex breeds, to distinguish them from the sex linked hybrids.

Amrock, Ancobar, Barnebar, Bielefelder Kennhuhn, Brockbar, Brussbar, Buffbar, Cambar, Cobar, Cream Legbar, Dorbar, Gold Legbar, Hambar, Niederrheiner, Norske Jaerhon, Oklabar, Polbar, Rhodebar, Welbar, Whealbar, and Wybar. Also, many lines of the Silver Grey Dorking are autosexed, although it is not a universal feature, and does not apply to other colors of Dorkings.

Most of these breeds are either extinct or extremely rare these days. The most popular and easily obtainable is the Cream Legbar which has probably remained popular with backyard chicken keepers because of their blue eggs.

 

[nicalandia]

Most sex-linked birds are hybrids, not "purebreds."

Laced breeds like Wyandotte can produce Sexlinks that will breed true if the silver pullets are kept, for example Silver Laced Wyandotte rooster crossed to a black laced gold wyandotte

 

[The Moonshiner]

Laced breeds like Wyandotte can produce Sexlinks that will breed true if the silver pullets are kept, for example Silver Laced Wyandotte rooster crossed to a black laced gold wyandotte

What you're explaining can be said about any pattern that comes in a gold and silver version.
Laced, duckwing, partridge/penciled etc.
They can produce sex linked offspring but the offspring bred together won't breed true.
You cross a GL rooster over SL hen you'll get GL pullets and S/GL cockerel.
Breed those together and you'll get GL and SL pullets. GL and S/GL cockerels.
I don't quite follow your example. There wouldn't be any SL pullets from the cross needed for sex linked offspring. Only GL pullets.
SL rooster over GL hen will give silver pullets but the S/GL cockerels will also look silver at hatch.
Sex link you need gold rooster over silver hens.

 

[nicalandia]

What you're explaining can be said about any pattern that comes in a gold and silver version.
Laced, duckwing, partridge/penciled etc. I don't quite follow your example.

I mentioned the hens only as to use them on other Silver Laced lined, I did not mentioned the roosters or the reciprocal cross between them, just mentioning that many sexlinked crossed pullets are not entirely "Heterozygous Hybrids" that cant breed true if breed to the sire line to produce more Silver based breed true line

 

[The Moonshiner]

I mentioned the hens only as to use them on other Silver Laced lined, I did not mentioned the roosters or the reciprocal cross between them, just mentioning that many sexlinked crossed pullets are not entirely "Heterozygous Hybrids" that cant breed true if breed to the sire line to produce more Silver based breed true line

How would you end up with silver laced pullets as a sex link?
Silver laced rooster over gold laced hens will produce silver laced pullets but that cross wouldn't produce sex linked chicks.

 

[nicalandia]

How would you end up with silver laced pullets as a sex link?
Silver laced rooster over gold laced hens will produce silver laced pullets but that cross wouldn't produce sex linked chicks.

Sorry I meant to say Gold Laced Wyandotte rooster over Silver laced hen, here is a reference I made about the subject https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/black-laced-red-x-silver-laced.1229457/