jam Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Hi Are there any other autosexing chicken breeds other than legbars, and if so, could you please name a few Many thanks Jam Squishy Black Brahma Gerty Cuckoo Maran Buttercup Light Sussex Mickey Harry Sherbet Biscuits Cookie Ginge Pickles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 There are quite a few,but for some reason i can't think of the breed names You could always try looking here http://www.omlet.co.uk/breeds/breeds.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Dorkings are autosexing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Any bird ending in 'bar' is an autosexing one so Barnebars, Welbars and Rhodebars are autosexing Welsummers and Cuckoo Marans are reletively easy to sex from a day old but its not foolproof A cross between a genetically 'silver' bird and a genetically 'gold' bird will produce autosexing youngsters for example crossing light sussex and Rhode Island Red produces chicks where one colour is the girl and the other the boy - I think its light yellow is a boy and amber is a girl or something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Dorkings are autosexing. No they aren't! about 6 weeks and you can sex them - all the ones ending 'bar' autosexing - wernlas have many of the autosexing breeds. Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 How about those hybrids that are created from 'bar' birds, i.e. Columbines? Saronne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 hybrids from what I'm led to belive are sex linked not auto sexing. there's a technical differance apparently only the 'bars' are supposed to be auto sexing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I remember now SJP you are correct, the 'bars' are autosexing and sex linked are the ones created by genetic tinkering that hatch different colours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I think hybrids are sexlinked because they don't bred true i.e. they're a cross of 2 or more crosses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
