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    7 - 6 week old chicks, sex on all, breed on three - PIC HEAVY

    The last three look like my Barnevelders. Do they have single combs? I can't tell from the pics.
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    Who am I? Need Breed ID for mystery red pullet

    Yep...that's why it was baffling me too. In a perfect world, my hatchery BO should be 100% BO. But, her plumage says NHR or RIR and her skin/legs say BO. I just think it's more likely that someone escaped (even at a hatchery) than my little chicken has some sort of "specialness" in her genes.
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    Who am I? Need Breed ID for mystery red pullet

    Maybe Papa Roo just prefers Blondes to Redheads even if he has to play escape artist ...
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    Who am I? Need Breed ID for mystery red pullet

    Because they're so similar...I'm inclined to think it's more likely that a RIR roo paid and unauthorized visit to a BO hen and the result was Ms. Meg. Your Meg is a lovely gal...so I have high hopes for mine.
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    Who am I? Need Breed ID for mystery red pullet

    Yes, she came from Ideal. They are total look-alikes! That's so funny that we picked the same name for similar chickens.
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    help me sex my month old chicks, please!

    Your chicks only look 3 weeks old or slightly less to me. My LB chick tended to stand up really straight like a roo from the beginning. She's five weeks old now, and she's definitely a pullet. I think they just have more of a tendency to have that sort of carriage.
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    Who am I? Need Breed ID for mystery red pullet

    She was also a buff yellow chick too...not reddish at all. She didn't start turning red until her feathers came in. All the pics of RIR chicks I have seen, they are either red or brownish-red from the get go. I agree!
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    Who am I? Need Breed ID for mystery red pullet

    This is Meg. Meg was expected to be a Buff Orpington, but has decided that she is a red chicken with a few randomly scattered white and black speckles, not a Buff Orpington. We are a bit confused, because she has white legs...and for a very long time we thought she'd just grow out of her red...
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    4 weeks old...and so many differences. Is one a Roo?

    I'm really not sure. I either have two large fowl cochins and the big one is a roo...or I have one LF pullet and one bantam roo...or I have two LF pullets and the one just happens to be runty or mixed or something. It's all a big conundrum!
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    my 4 week old chicks

    They're totally rambunctious right now. We built them a little practice chicken ladder so they have an interesting challenge in the brooder. Coco is my little glamour-puss. I named her after Coco Chanel, and she's living up to her namesake. I'm really surprised that her color is as pretty as...
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    4 weeks old...and so many differences. Is one a Roo?

    No feet curling on any of my 8 chicks. They all do the spread eagle when I pick them up.
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    4 weeks old...and so many differences. Is one a Roo?

    ah...yes, we'll be mowing soon if our little darlings don't mow it for us.
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    4 weeks old...and so many differences. Is one a Roo?

    One possibility I was considering was that the smaller one was a banty roo...or possibly had some sort of silkie cross breeding. Her feathers are just soooooo soft and fluffy. It's like she's growing a second round of down rather than real feathers.
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    4 weeks old...and so many differences. Is one a Roo?

    This is a pair of standard red cochins. They are both supposed to be pullets, but as you can see, one is much larger than the other. The smaller of the two is "fluffier". Her new feathers are really really down-like and her tail feathers are pretty much just a giant puff of fuzz. Her feet...
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    my 4 week old chicks

    I only managed to get 4 of them to calm down enough for photographs. I'm going to try with the other 4 a little later after they've eaten and are a little bit calmer. Bunny - a Standard Red Cochin Coco - a Barnevelder Sookie - a Light Brahma Kiki - my crossed beak Salmon Faverolles
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