Black Star is the black counterpart to the Red Star: a brown-egg sex-link whose pullets hatch black, often spilling gold or copper through the neck and breast as they feather in, while cockerels hatch with a white head spot. Hens run heavier and a shade hardier in cold than the red sex-links, laying 250 to 300 large brown eggs a year. They are calm, confident birds that handle confinement and mixed flocks without fuss. Like every sex-link it is a hatchery trade name, not a standardised breed you can show.
Beginner friendly
Good with kids
Cold hardy
Heat tolerant
Egg colorBrown
Egg production250–300 / year
TemperamentDocile
BroodinessRare
ClimateCold hardy, Heat tolerant
PurposeEggs
Weight
Hen5–6 lb
Rooster7–8.5 lb
How to spot it
Comb
Single
Plumage
Black, often spilling gold or copper through the neck and breast as hens feather in
Look for
Sexable at hatch: pullets hatch black, cockerels with a white head spot
Single
