Can anyone identify our chicks?

[1dog1cat6chicks]

We got them on March 1st, from the 'assorted red pullet' bin at TSC. Is it too early to tell what breed(s) they might be?








Thanks!

 

[Banana Hen]

A chance of one being a speckled Sussex, another a Rhode Island Red maybe. Nothing too prominent yet.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

They all look like Production Reds.

No one is a Speckled Sussex.

Lady of McCamley

 

[nickers]

i agree with both of you! one looks like a sussex and the other looks like a RIR (rhode island red) but I think they are red stars!

 

[bhwk40]

red stars

 

[JenBoughtHens]

I got similar chicks at tsc. I was guessing red sex links

 

[babyrae1973]

Speaking of red birds.....I've got a hen that looks like a RIR, but lays green eggs, and had a single feather on each foot. What would you call her, other than a mutt?

 

[bhwk40]

olive egger ?

 

[Fred's Hens]

To be a "breed" a bird must actually be bred to BE the breed. Each breed has a Standard. Unless the bird generally meets the standard for the breed, it is not that breed.

TSC rarely, if ever, sells true to breed birds, as it is merely a retail outlet, re-seller of hatchery birds.


One expects and usually gets good, healthy, productive red chickens from hatcheries via TSC. They can be very good chickens to be enjoyed. But, getting a Rhode Island Red from TSC? Never gonna happen.

 

[vfem]

Production reds from TSC are from Mt Healthy and Mt Healthy sells a mixed breed red production bird. That's all they are. They're a mix to create a red layer. They're good egg layers though, but not true to any type of a breed. They're just a great backyard egg laying pet, you'll enjoy them.