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    Isa Brown, Cinnamon Queen or Golden Comet?

    They look identical to my links. Same age too. I'm sure you discovered in your research that Isa Brown is a red/gold sex link. Unless you did a side by side comparison of the chicks from the various red sex link crosses, it would very difficult to tell one type of red sex link from another. They...
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    Isa Brown, Cinnamon Queen or Golden Comet?

    There is a very good chance they are Isa Browns. TSC has been using Townline Hatchery to supply their birds. Townline is one of the few hatcheries that have Isa Browns. Did your friend explain why or how they knew the birds where not Isa Browns? I'd be interested in knowing if they have some...
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    One of these things is not like the others

    Thanks for the link. I am no expert either but I have read tons about sex links over the years and know more about them than a normal person should. The more I read the more it muddies the water in my mind though. Since there are no hard fast rules other than knowing ( in this case) red male x...
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    One of these things is not like the others

    TSC had two bins full of pullets last week. One with white leghorns and the other with Red Sex links. They were blowing out pullets for 49 cents each. Couldn't pass up that deal! The Red links looked to be a little over a week old and the Leghorns just a few days old. I decided to get 2...
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    I'm afraid to go to tractor supply

    I had the same problem last night. Went into TSC to get some watering nipples That's all! My plan was to keep no more than 5 pullets this year. I am just returning to chicken keeping after many years and wanted to keep cost and maintainance down. I originally ordered 5 Production Black...
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    And here I go again

    Hi all! I used to be fairly active on this forum several years ago. My account must have been deleted due to inactivity or lost during a site upgrade or something. Regardless, I rejoined. I was a stay at home dad and had several hobbies including raising chickens. I raised and eventually...
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