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Hi everybody I am new to the forum I keep Marans and RIR, my question is are the chicks from a blue maran cock and a RIR hen sex linked, have eggs pipping and would hate to despatch pullets.

Hi Rellaw, great to have you onboard, we have several memebers that will be able to help you with this question and i would think you will have your answer before the days end feel free to find us on Facebook and twitter as some of our busier member are more frequently on those.

I think you mean Can you autosex these chicks (tell cocks from hens at birth?)

I am not 100% but think that the autosexing goes with the male so would have had to have been RIR cockerel and Marans hen to work. You would be able to tell if you you have 2 types of chick colouring (but not if they are male or female as I am not sure how reliable it is with Marans cock and RIR hen.

Sex linkage is what you get with eg Laced Wyandottes when the lacing gene is carried by one parent only to give the offspring a laced appearance.

Don't think I've helped at all x