Do i have chickens or roosters??? PLEASE HELP!

[lickenchicken]

Hello,
I've had these chickens for nearly 4 months now and i still have no idea what sex they are...could they be roosters? or what breed for that matter. I picked them up from my son's daycare and was given no information about them except that the golden ones tend to be female..is this right? Gosh, i just dont know. Can anyone help me??? Please help me!







I hope these pictures are helpful. Any information would be muchly appreciated.

Thank you.x

 

[jak2002003]

Oh, they are very pretty! I love the yellow legs. The look very healthy too!

I would say they are hens because the combs are very small and pale. If they were roosters the combs would be sticking up more and a darker cherry red colour.

How big are they? Are they bantam size of normal chicken size? The look like Rhode Island Reds to me, or the hybrid kind they use on egg farms.

 

[Fred's Hens]

They are red sex links. Golden Buffs, Golden Comets, etc. Lots of different names for them. Chances are overwhelming that they are pullets, young hens. If they were cockerels, they'd very likely be almost all white with some reddish/brown on their backs.

These are the overwhelming favorites of the brown egg laying industry and super popular with backyard keepers as well. Enjoy them.

 

[donrae]

What Fred said!
Red sex links, they're female, and from the looks of things they might not start laying until spring. Their combs will get larger and redder and they might get more vocal. Then, you'll go out one day and have nice brown eggs! They're nice backyard birds, they're little laying machines and usually pretty calm and docile.

 

[ChickenPeep]

They look like red sex links, and they are pullets.

 

[redsoxs]

Yes, I think Red Star pullets as well.

 

[willowbranchfarm]

Red Sex Link pullets

 

[Jharper]

Red star pullets. I have one.

 

[brimjohnson]

Yup! Red sex link girls. Very pretty

 

[Cowgirl71]

Definitely Red Sexlink girls. Red Sexlinks go by a TON of different names (Golden Comet, Cinnamon Queen, Red Star, etc.). They are a hybrid (most commonly a Rhode Island Red male on Rhode Island White females) that are bred to be excellent brown egg layers and to be sexlinked, which allows them to be sexed by color at hatch. Here's a link with pictures and info: http://www.welphatchery.com/EggLayerTypes/red_sexlink.asp