My observations from my first hatch

[cindyv10]

Please notice if this holds true with anyone else's chicks. My first hatch produced 11 chicks - 7 that I call blonde and 4 brown w/a distinct darker brown broad stripe going down the center of the head to the tail. Every single blonde was a male & every single brown striped was female.

This second hatch I have 4 chicks; one blonde, one brown striped, one all black body except for a head like the brown striped, and one a darker blonde. The blonde (like the last hatch) is male (1 week old and trying to crow), and the all black (w/brown head) is also male (also trying to crow).

Has anyone observed any kind of sex-link?

[Andy]

Cindy, They are so fun! Thanks for your observations, we call the ones with the stripes "Chipmunks".... sort of cute huh?!

Andy in Fredericksburg

[Andy]

Cindy, I was thinking concerning sex linked traits, we see a color form that we refer to as "tuxedo" Black with white chest feathers and white at times on face and around eyes. They are really nice looking. I had only seen Roosters in ny flock and other flocks, but then a lady sent a pic of one that turned out to be a hen, so there may or may not be something there. I have hatched hens and roosters in white but more roosters. Probably around 9 of every ten. I had a hatch recently, best ever, 100% and all but two were white and they appear to have one hen in the bunch. Interesting thing about the whites is they mature into MANY differnt colors, from Red Pyle to pure white to grey almost stippled colors.

[ryanzierke]

My current flock of Icelandics is 4, three white and one black. So 90% of the white ones are males? *heading out to sharpen the hatched* One of them I can see is getting some red on its breast feathers. Possibly a Red Pyle hen?

[Andy]

Ryan Dont use the hatchet till we know for sure LOL Your black one has a rose or other than straight comb, one white has a straight comb, i see the darker feathers on a whites wings and that could be a Red Pyle for sure! Fun Stuff!

Andy