Breed?

[Morgan Singh]

I have no idea what this girl is. A couple of months ago I posted a different forum about the same chickens breed but since it was so young it was hard. Someone guessed she was a production red but that's when she was small. So any ideas?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Production Red still

 

[JacinLarkwell]

What color was she as a chick? What color are her earlobes? I would think either a sexlink or a red leghorn. Mine looms pretty similar

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

What color was she as a chick? What color are her earlobes? I would think either a sexlink or a red leghorn. Mine looms pretty similar

Red Sexlinks would have white in their tail feathers and Red Leghorns are extremely uncommon. Production Reds are bred for laying leading to a similar lean body type

 

[cherrynberry]

I have no idea what this girl is. A couple of months ago I posted a different forum about the same chickens breed but since it was so young it was hard. Someone guessed she was a production red but that's when she was small. So any ideas?

Still looks like a Production Red.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Red Sexlinks would have white in their tail feathers and Red Leghorns are extremely uncommon. Production Reds are bred for laying leading to a similar lean body type

Aren't red sexlink and production reds the same? My red stars never had white in their tails.

And you can get red Leghorn at some hatcheries for like 4 bucks a pullet now

 

[AvocadoAbi]

She looks like my Rhode Island Red.

 

[NatJ]

Aren't red sexlink and production reds the same?

No, they are not the same.

Production Red is similar to a Rhode Island Red or a New Hampshire: the males and females are both red, and they usually have some black in the tail. You can breed them together and get more of the same.

Red Sexlink has red females and white males, so you can sex the chicks by color.
They are a hybrid (cross of two breeds), and you breed them to each other you get chicks where either gender can be either color (and a few other color combinations too.)

Red Sexlink females usually have white in the tails and around the neck. This is not required to make the sex-linking work, but is common because of what breeds are usually crossed to get them.

My red stars never had white in their tails.

Where did you get them? Feed stores are notorious for mis-labeling chicks, but I know that some hatcheries sell sexlinks with black tails and many hatcheries sell sexlinks with white tails.

And you can get red Leghorn at some hatcheries for like 4 bucks a pullet now

Yes, but they are much less common than Production Reds.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

No, they are not the same.

Production Red is similar to a Rhode Island Red or a New Hampshire: the males and females are both red, and they usually have some black in the tail. You can breed them together and get more of the same.

Red Sexlink has red females and white males, so you can sex the chicks by color.
They are a hybrid (cross of two breeds), and you breed them to each other you get chicks where either gender can be either color (and a few other color combinations too.)

Red Sexlink females usually have white in the tails and around the neck. This is not required to make the sex-linking work, but is common because of what breeds are usually crossed to get them.


Where did you get them? Feed stores are notorious for mis-labeling chicks, but I know that some hatcheries sell sexlinks with black tails and many hatcheries sell sexlinks with white tails.


Yes, but they are much less common than Production Reds.

My sexlinks came from tsc like 11 years ago now.

And I know that red Leghorn are less common, but I still see nothing that looked like it couldn't be one. That bird looks almost identical to the Leghorn I had.

 

[NatJ]

My sexlinks came from tsc like 11 years ago now.

They could have been sexlinks or Production Reds, but if you've only got females there's no real way to sort them out. The males would be different colors, but all the females would be red in any case (with either kind able to have black tails.)

That bird looks almost identical to the Leghorn I had.

Leghorns are supposed to have white earlobes, and that bird appears to have red ones.

I suppose it will become clear when she starts laying eggs. Leghorns lay white eggs, but Production Reds lay brown eggs and so do all of the other types we've been talking about.