Does anyone know what breed these are?

[purpledonna]

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!

 

[Goose and Fig]

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

 

[catdaddyfro]

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

 

[M To The Maxx]

1 roo 1 hen. Both look like Red Sex Links.

 

[Rennie]

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

 

[quenston]

I agree roo and hen and I am gonna have to say that they are probably mixed breeds... just .02 worth

 

[purpledonna]

Thanks everyone! Agnes..... or rather Arthur has returned to the shop and a little girl has come to stay!

 

[Bantimna]

1 roo 1 hen They look like some production red crosses.

 

[wordgirl]

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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?

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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.