Any experienced eyes out there? I brought these 2 as 12 week olds...... meant to be girls but the one in the rear is making rooster like noises..... I would like to know if they are a certain breed or just mixed up chooks! Thanks!
That is definately a rooster! They look like some kind of Rhode Island Red cross, or "production red". They are one of the best laying breeds you can get
The hen looks like a production red except for the legs they look kinda willowish-yellow, maybe just the pic/flash though. The roo looks to be a sex-link type, ie: Gsl or Red sex-link. Now before I get pounced by someone, every once in a while these hen colored sex linked roos crop out. Ive seen quite a few on this site. and don't forget that sex-links don't breed true so it could be a breed back of a GSL. catdaddy
I would say that's deffinatley a rooster too, I have 3 hens that look very similar to the one on the right ...thought they were red Sussex but now think different
Thanks everyone! Agnes..... or rather Arthur has returned to the shop and a little girl has come to stay!
Quote:I think that's probably what they are, too. Feathersite.com has a picture of a Golden Comet roo that looks a lot like yours. Maybe a Golden Comet pair? Where'd you get them?
Sex-links are bred for the purpose of being able to be sexed at birth. The offspring of the initial cross to get the sex-links will not be able to reproduce the attributes that make them sex-links. In other words, they won't breed true. They will hatch chicks that are any variation of the mother's color, male's color, etc. So, I believe that your birds are the result of two sex-linked parents bred together.
