Most Common Chicken Cross Breeds
Barred Rock Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Black Sex Link
Both sexes hatch out black, but the males have a white dot on their heads.
Delaware Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Red Sex Link or Red Star
Roosters hatch out white and, depending on the cross, feather out to pure white or with some black feathering. Hens darker with darker neck patch.
Silver Laced Wyandotte Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Cinnamon Queen
Hens brownish red. Roosters white.
New Hampshire Hen + Rhode Island Rooster = Production Red
Rhode Island Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Cherry Egger or Red Cross
White Rock Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Golden Comet
Parent White Rock Hen must have silver factor. Hens red and white. Roosters white.
White Leghorn Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Red Sex Link or Red Star
Males hatch out white and, depending on the cross, feather out to pure white or with some black feathering
Black Australorp Hen + New Hampshire Rooster = Black Cross
NOTE: In sex link chicks, Hens will be of sex link color and roosters will be color of parent hen.