Different looking RIRs

Kanat

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Oct 9, 2008
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Hello,

I think that it is quite interesting that how different my two Rhode Island pullets can look.

They should be about 21-23 weeks old now. The darker one is from McMurray Hatchery and the large red one is from a local breeder. They haven't laid any eggs yet.

There was a time when we were afraid that Blondie would be a rooster... she is so handsome, don't you think!?

Blondie:
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Blondie behind:
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Blondie poses:
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Sugar has no wattle or comb!
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Sugar is much smaller:
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
 
That one is too orangey to be true RIR, but actually, the legs are almost white, too white for that age. They should be bright yellow. I have one hatchery RIR (used to be three, but two died from internal laying) and three breeder, probably show quality RIRs. I also have two New Hampshire Reds that look like your big one, very orangey. Check out my thread in Breeds and Genetics about my BIG Red girls and you'll see what I mean. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=115269

Nope
, I looked again.. the big orangey one is not a RIR at all, not even a Production Red. I think it's a cross.
 
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Sugar looks like my breeder RIRs. They tend to mature much more slowly than hatchery stock. She's not a Buckeye because it looks like she has a single comb and actual wattles. Is it a single or pea comb? The pic is a tiny bit blurry in that area.
 
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Take a good look at Blondie's (pointed) saddle and tail feathers;)
rrrr rrr rr rrroooo....
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added: I LOVE roosters, that's going to be one handsome roo when he grows up! He can still be called Blondie, there was a young man in our town named so...
 
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