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For anyone interested, this is her now

Despite this ones colours when it was a chick, it's now a fully grown laying hen that looks an awful lot like an rir to me. Maybe there is some cross in there for the colour variation as a chick but it doesn't show now. Just thought I'd let you all know how it turned out.

Okay, thanks. At least the breeder got that bit right. Yeah, I will try and get in touch with them. Thanks for the help

okay, managed to get a few. Hope this helps.

Thank you for explaining. I will post a few more close ups shortly to give you a better view.

Walkingonsunshine, what makes you think that the comb on this is not a true single comb? Interested as to how you can tell.

Regardless of the breed then, can anyone make any more guesses on gender?

I only paid for rir eggs. I will wait to see what the adult bird looks like. If it looks close enough to a Rhode Island Red then I will be happy, but if it turns out to clearly be a cross that looks very little like a rir then I will contact them. If its a roo then I will be even more likely to.

That's a shame. The seller had a very good rating so I must have been unlucky, still hoping its a pullet though. I will post a picture of it when it's older so you can see how it turned out.

I really hope it is a pullet. I may be able to make room for it in the flock if it is a rooster but a pullet would be easier.

Thank you Tom, that was worrying me, but the main thing that makes me think its a boy is how slow it is feathering out. Does this breed carry the slow feather gene in males?

I am not sure. It was not labelled as anything special but the pictures of the parent birds looked very dark. Much darker than most of the rir that I see on here.

Thank you. This one hatched from a batch of eggs ordered on the Internet that were said to be pure breed rir so I sincerely hope it's an rir :p

This chick is just over 5 weeks old. It has really had me confused as to whether its a boy or a girl. It has a small comb that doesn't look too bright to me so that suggests girl, but the fact that it is taking so long to feather out makes me think its a boy. If any one could tell me their...