Anyone know what breed this is?

[littlebantams]

Could anyone tell me what breed she is? She (and her 2 sisters) are great egg layers, here's a pic

thanks

 

[SilverPhoenix]

Looks to me like a rhode island red! (Often referred to as a RIR on the forums.)

 

[pdsavage]

Rir

 

[littlebantams]

Thanks everyone, RIR is what I suspected.
But her sister is black, can you get a black RIR?

 

[Attack Chicken]

She's an RIR... did her sister hatch out from an egg from the same parents?

 

[littlebantams]

I'm not sure, I bought them from a breeder and I assumed they were from the same parents.
Here's a picture of the black chicken...

She is a little bit bigger than the other hens.

 

[Attack Chicken]

She looks like an australorp

 

[Chickenfur]

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she is probably a Black Star/Sex-Link, that is a RIR roo with a BR (Barred Rock) hen, it would have been easy if he was a breeder of BRs as well.

 

[sfchixn]

2nd one is either Black Australorp or Black Jersey Giant. Because you mention she is a bit bigger than the other hens I would lean toward BJG. Time will tell -- if she keeps growin', LOL.

Definitely NOT a Black Sex Link.