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TSC sold me different Breeds????? FYI cuteness overload

post #1 of 32
4/22/12 at 1:04pm
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I bought what I thought were 8 RIR's pullets from Tractor Supply, but It looks like 2 are the same and 6 are the same. It looks like the darker ones (the 2) are the RIR's, but what are the other 6. This picture is about a week old and the difference in looks is even greater. The lighter ones have white wing feathers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #2 of 32
4/22/12 at 1:14pm

The lighter ones look like my Buff Orpingtons did when I first got them.

Here is a picture of my girls with a (I think, not 100% sure) leghorn pullet. We got ours on March 11th so they are about 1 month and 11 days old.

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PSU alumni, LEO Wife, Mom to 3 (2 Daughters w/ CHD and 1 w/ EA/TEF and 1 son with GERD) Great dane- Sadie, K-9 bomb detection dog Dusko, Senegal Parrot- Kiwi, 2 buff orpington, 3 Leghorn?, 5 booted bantams (2 white and 3 red/brown).

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PSU alumni, LEO Wife, Mom to 3 (2 Daughters w/ CHD and 1 w/ EA/TEF and 1 son with GERD) Great dane- Sadie, K-9 bomb detection dog Dusko, Senegal Parrot- Kiwi, 2 buff orpington, 3 Leghorn?, 5 booted bantams (2 white and 3 red/brown).

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post #3 of 32
4/22/12 at 1:27pm
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Thats is what I was thinking, just was not sure. BO are good to. The BO's seem to be growing faster then the Reds, but the Reds are more outgoing.

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post #4 of 32
4/22/12 at 1:34pm

My Buff Orpington's wing feathers did not come in white. 
 

Tammy
Buff Orpingtons and RIR,
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Buff Orpingtons and RIR,
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post #5 of 32
4/22/12 at 1:42pm
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OK, so what are they??

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post #6 of 32
4/22/12 at 1:51pm

they look like my red sex link that i just bought from tsc

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post #7 of 32
4/22/12 at 2:18pm

If their feathers are coming in white then they are red sex links, also known as red stars. They will eventually get red in their feathers and be mostly red fading to white from front to back.
 

Jakk... Homeschooling mom of four kids, two dogs, three cats, 6 Buff Orpingtons hatched on Christmas Day, 16 Hatchery Choice Pullets, 6 TSC Red Pullets all hatched on 2/22, 8 babes hatched 3/21, 9 babies hatched on May 11th. Sixteen Easter Eggers hatched Sept 1, two White Ameraucana hatched Sept 5th...and trying to resist the urge to fill the incubator!

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Jakk... Homeschooling mom of four kids, two dogs, three cats, 6 Buff Orpingtons hatched on Christmas Day, 16 Hatchery Choice Pullets, 6 TSC Red Pullets all hatched on 2/22, 8 babes hatched 3/21, 9 babies hatched on May 11th. Sixteen Easter Eggers hatched Sept 1, two White Ameraucana hatched Sept 5th...and trying to resist the urge to fill the incubator!

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post #8 of 32
4/22/12 at 2:47pm

They're probably the red sex links. This is what mine look like right now..age 6-7 weeks.

 

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post #9 of 32
4/22/12 at 3:04pm

Yep ... I bought some of those too. It just said Red in TSC and they are Red Sex Links. Look like the ones I bought. Being new, I thought Red would be RIR, but now that I see their feathering, they're definitely Red Sex Links.

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post #10 of 32
4/22/12 at 3:42pm
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Are Red sex links a good egg producer? And what type of egg? How big do they get?

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