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Watch the combs and wattles. Repeat. Watch for the early development of red combs and wattles. If these secondary sex characteristics sprout and turn red within the next 3 weeks? They'll be cockerels. Pullets don't show these signs until they are more mature.

Here's the likely bird that got bred into the RIR early in the last century, during the egg laying contest days. The true RIR was only laying 200 egg per year. I say "only" but remember this was when other breeds were only laying 120 eggs per year. How did these supposed RIR's that suddenly...

Please understand that we kept production reds for years. Here are some photos and one can easily see the difference. Bodies are V shaped, not bricks, color is wrong, feathering is wrong, tails are pinched, not nice wide tents on the hens when viewed from the rear, legs are not set right...

Think of a rectangle. A Rock should look like a soup tureen or gravy boat. A Red when viewed from the side, should have a long, long back line and body should form a brick or rectangle. The tail should be set very, very low and the color should look slick and such a dark red that is it almost...

Not quite the same. The production red is red and the high laying attributes of the Leghorn, the bird of choice that is typically mixed into them, is back enough generations that the bird looks to be a dusty, orange brown, yet still reddish, both males and females. This is also what most...

A production red's makeup isn't always known, even when the hatchery makes a generic statement such as "they are a mix of RIR and NH". But that's not all that's in them. At least TSC's Breed Guide is straightforward enough to admit they have Leghorn blood in them...