Brown Egg Layers
Large brown eggs, 5 to 6 lb at maturity, and a gentle, active temperament.
Breed specifications
The Black Sex-Link is an excellent brown egg layer. It was created from a Barred Rock hen and a Rhode Island Red cockerel. This creates a very versatile bird that is a great egg layer, has the temperament of a Barred Plymouth Rock, and can hold its own through the cold dark winter.
Fun fact: Large brown eggs.
Common questions
About 250 large brown eggs per year.
Black Sex-Links weigh 5 to 6 lb at maturity.
Gentle, Active.
The Black Sex-Link is cold hardy and heat hardy.
From Hoover's Hatchery
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