Blackstar or Black Rhoad Island Red??

[RAWR]

what is this hen? we're not for sure.

 

[Mahonri]

How old... doesn't look like a Black star nor a "black" RIR (if there is any such thing).

Looks pea combed at this point. EE?

 

[RAWR]

shes four weeks. and she cant be a EE, we got her at a place where they bred Blackstars, Redstars, and RIRs

 

[speckledhen]

Looks like an Easter Egger. And there is no black RIR. HE has a pea comb. None of the breeds you mention have those.

 

[RAWR]

..im so confused..

 

[RAWR]

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theres such a thing as a black RIR. i just googled it. :\\ and its a she. she dont have spur buds and HER comb is smaller than the others that are for sure roos.

 

[RAWR]

and her legs are grayish black so idk

 

[speckledhen]

A black sexlink hen is a cross of a RIR and a Barred Rock, both single combed breeds. There are no pea combed birds in those breeds. I think I'd ask what else they have on that farm, if I was you. Trust me, I know my breeds pretty well. They do not get spurs till they are about 7-8 months old. Both sexes have a bump there, though.

There is not a black Rhode Island Red. There are darker ones and lighter ones, but they are not black. I have breeder quality RIRS that are quite dark, but they are definitely not black. Where did you find that information?

It's possible a pea combed breed was in the lineage of the breeder birds they used, but not in any breeds that make up the black and red sexlinks.

 

[RAWR]

the other roo are starting to get spurs tho. thats what i dont get.

 

[speckledhen]

How old are they? No matter what the sex of that bird in your pic is, it is either an EE or a cross of some breed that usually is not used in making sexlinks. Do any of the others have pea combs like that one? Is that one laying yet?