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post #1 of 7
6/20/12 at 4:44am
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She is 14 weeks, curious, friendly to a point and can fly to 7 foot heights without a problem.

I am thinking she is a Red Star but would like your thoughts.

 

Also, Red Star, Sex Link, Production Red, and one other name I saw and can't remember.....they are all the same 'thing' aren't they? 

LL

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post #2 of 7
6/20/12 at 4:59am

I think the Red Star, Red Sex link and Golden Comets are all the same thing, which is what you have in your picture. Production Reds are red all over, with a bit of black in their tail feathers. Here are two of my Production Reds:

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This is my Red Star/Golden Comet:

 

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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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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 #3 of 7
6/20/12 at 5:01am

A red sex link can be made several ways, using several different strains.  Most of the hatcheries assign their own "brand" name to the crosses, for marketing purposes.  If they just sold them as "mutts" or mixes, who would feel good about that?  lau.gif   There is a purpose behind these mixes.  Sex linking is important to the laying industry, as there's no need for the cockerels whatsoever.  

 

The whole reason we have these brand names is so that when asked, "What kind of chicken is she?"  We can answer, "Oh, she's a Red Star, a Cinnamon Queen, a Comet, a XXXXX XXXX.   It gives the owner a sense of identity.  

 

Your pullet is a pretty bird.  May she live happily and healthily.  Enjoy her.  

 

 

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post #4 of 7
6/21/12 at 4:04am
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If they just sold them as "mutts" or mixes, who would feel good about that?  lau.gif  

LOL yup.  Thanks thumbsup.gif

 

 

Jakk, your girls are pretty!  And looking at your signature I would say you are a busy lady!!

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post #5 of 7
6/21/12 at 5:41am
Yes, she's a "Red Star" which means she's a red sex-link. Hatcheries come up with all sorts of names for whatever flavor of sex-link they may have. If she was commercially bred she is likely going to be a good layer. If she's a backyard sex-link she may or may not be.

"Production Red" on the other hand can mean just about anything. It does not have a widely accepted definition. At various swaps and sales I've been too I've seen it applied to sex-links, Rhode Island Reds, New Hampshires, and red hens of unknown provenance. Basically you have to ask the breeder what they mean when they say a bird is a "Production Red" and if the person selling them isn't the breeder then even they may not know if it's not an obvious sex-link.
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post #6 of 7
6/21/12 at 5:46am

As you stated they can really fly!! I have six of them.  They love to fly all around the yard and inside the barn too and get in the barn rafters at dusk to roost.  They are all very friendly and tame and love being held.  My Orpingtons can barely jump two foot off the ground, LOL 

 

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post #7 of 7
6/21/12 at 8:08am
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She's pretty.  Yeah about flying.  She likes to hang out on the top of the coop which is about 7 ft.  This girl was the reason we kept adding height to our brooder the first few weeks of having them!
 

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