dumped bird

[WestKnollAmy]

They look like my red sex links.

I have about 10 debeaked birds like that that were slipped in on me. I have to watch them very carefully because they do not free range as well as my flock with decent beaks so I make sure they can get to a deep dish of food every day and give them lots of other treats. But let me tell you, they lay the biggest eggs in my flock.

 

[Soccer Mom]

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They have been debeaked. They cut them off in order to keep birds in very crowded conditions without them picking at eat other or even canibalizing one another.

 

[Ooopsy_daisy]

They look exactly like my Isa Browns. They are some form of hatchery egg layers.

 

[Countrywife]

Well bless you. That is awful that someone did that, but God was obviously watching out for them when he led them to your house.

 

[Sparks]

They really look like my Golden Comets. They lay large dark brown eggs. So friendly and nice!

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Yep, red sex links and young birds at that. Lucky you!

.....Alan.

 

[sarjaysar]

They are beautiful and like others have said will probably become brilliant layers!! With a bit of extra TLC on the feeding!!

 

[Plain Old Dee]

I'm no expert, so don't quote me, but to me they look a lot like the "production reds" that are used at commercial egg farms for their brown eggs. They are routinely de-beaked because they are kept in small cages with multiple birds in each. The birds are usually shipped out for butcher after they reach a certain age because they aren't laying quite as well as they had been. It's possible that these escaped a truck?

Our first laying hens were white leghorns that were from a commercial egg farm. They were great layers.

 

[TDB]

Red Sex Links for sure

 

[M To The Maxx]

Red Sex Links