Are we RIR?

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GreenFarmers said:
The seller of these girls claimed they are RIR and that they are 1 1/2? I am confused because they have a lot of white feathers and a large Comb Neither of which I see in any of my reds. Also they all seem to have deformed beaks? can anyone help me to answer these questions?
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Ahhh, bless your heart for taking in these girls.. & so glad you joined in. :welcome Hope they will provide you & your family farm fresh eggs. It seems they are molting or like you had mentioned they are older, possibly just finished a laying season.. Do all of them have the beak problem? AND hopefully they are only 1 1/2.. White feathers are not RIR.. Keep us posted on how they are doing & laying.. Brown eggs? They have a better home..
 
They haven't laid anything as of yet. All of them have some beak issues, some not as bad as others. We have had 2 die so far. Unfortunately even our 8 that we had laying have slowed and now we went from six eggs a day to 2 a day. Any help with recommendations would be appreciated!
 
We didn't quarantine them from all of our chickens. We have 20 we have raised from chicks in 1 coup, and we had 11 that we adopted from a Lady who was breaking Code Enforcement laws (40+ chickens and 30+ ducks, w/ 20+ cats and 2 Pigs all on less than 1/4 acre lot. and she was zoned for 0 "farm animals") in another coup. I mixed the new girls in with the 11 because they all had been around lots of other Chickens and they all have gotten along well.
 
I'm wondering if theres a chance that they have parasites of some sort and could have possibly passed it on to your current flock. Have you tried worming them?
 
donrae said:
I think they're red sex links that have been debeaked. This is the age when battery operations get rid of their stock, sounds like that's what happened here.
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X 2 -- factory farms have no place for hens who stop laying to molt and then come back with possibly lowered production after that molt - so they get the boot, and these girls certainly fit the bill.
 

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