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So sadly. My 6 red hens have passed on. But I now have 7 new babies!! Which is exciting!

Yep! This is a partridge Rock! Beautiful! Isn't she?!

Did you know that a golden comet, red star and cinnamon queen are all a red sex pink hybrid they are just called different things. A New Hampshire would be light orange, not that dark. A cherry egger would have puffed cheeks so that she is not one most likely. She's either a RIR or production...

Those are pullets! I had some Roos but sold them, this is them at 8 weeks, and 9 weeks

Actually no, it's not b/c both the roosters and hens are red, unlike Rex sexlinks b/c red sexlinks are sexable at the hatch b/c cockerels are white and hens are brown/red.

RIR is a specific breed and production red is a hybrid of a red breed mixed with a red breed and some leghorn. To get the red coloring but produce more eggs, hints the name, Production Red.

I love my Production reds! They are so sweet! They come when I call, jump onto my arm and hand and shoulders and are easily held! They are beautiful and sweet! I've been letting them roam during the day and they are so easy they go back into the coop when I point to it and start shutting the...

That's definitely a Production Red Rooster. RIR are actually very rare, a pure breed one at least. RIR are very dark almost black to mahogany color. PR are a lower quality RIR that produce more eggs and can be a light brown/red to dark red/brown with black tail feathers and can have some white...

I'd say the first is production red, idk second but maybe the third could be a golden comet or some gold/red sexlink. A production red is basically, from what I've researched, a RIR mixed with a leghorn or another breed to make them produce more eggs.

Thanks for the tips! I very much appreciate it!

Well actually we will keep the hens in the coop and let the Roos out, so they can eat bugs. Only one of them has been hurting them so I keep an eye out on him. We actually were told they were all pullets, but as they grew I realized 2 were cockerels. One is quite sweet and will let me hold him...

Thanks!

Hello I am new to this today but I was wondering what kind of chickens I have. We got them about a month ago and we don't remember what the lady at the store told us. I was thinking red star (red sexlink) but also maybe production red. They are all the same reddish color with some white but...