Ethel and Irma have grown into beautiful Cockerels...breed is still a mystery to me!

[ChickieChickieMama]

i hope he goes to someone who will not put him in the stew pot....

It sounds like you just volunteered to give him an excellent home!

 

[ChickieChickieMama]

What type of chicken is the reddish/golden one in picture 5...on the right.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/attachments/b048852b-1783-42f7-9e53-24aa9eeeb9c4-jpeg.1400552/

That's Lucille, who is supposed to be a Golden Comet...except I was sold two of them at the same time (along with these two "Welsummer Pullets" ) and they look so different from one another I have no idea what is what anymore.

 

[JedJackson]

That's Lucille, who is supposed to be a Golden Comet...except I was sold two of them at the same time (along with these two "Welsummer Pullets" ) and they look so different from one another I have no idea what is what anymore.

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They're both golden comets. They have a lot of variability because they are sex linked hybrids, not a pure breed.

 

[Gray Farms]

Those are Red Sexlink pullets

 

[ChickieChickieMama]

Okay thanks for clarifying! So, is red sex link basically just an umbrella term for all these other mixed breeds I'm hearing them called? I've heard red comet, red star, golden comet, cinnamon Queens....I'm sure a few others.....red sex links and production reds.....are they all synonymous with ""reddish toned sex linked crossbred mutt"?

 

[ronott1]

It is general term. It is not as simple as saying all of them are the same. cinnamon queens are not the same as golden comets. Different breeds are crossed to get coloring that identifies gender at hatch:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sex-linked-information.261208/

 

[ChickieChickieMama]

It is general term. It is not as simple as saying all of them are the same. cinnamon queens are not the same as golden comets. Different breeds are crossed to get coloring that identifies gender at hatch:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sex-linked-information.261208/

Thank you for that link! I'm learning so much (but I've still got so much more to learn!) I find all of this fascinating!

Thanks everyone for taking the time to help me figure this all out!!

 

[Gray Farms]

It is general term. It is not as simple as saying all of them are the same. cinnamon queens are not the same as golden comets. Different breeds are crossed to get coloring that identifies gender at hatch:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sex-linked-information.261208/

Agreed. They are all considered Red Sexlinks. But different breeds are used and they are called different names depending on what hatchery they came from. Most every hatchery has their own type of Red Sexlinks.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Agreed... Except Production Reds... those aren't sex linked chickens. They're just a mix between usually a RIR and a New Hampsire to create a better egg producer.

 

[ronott1]

Agreed. They are all considered Red Sexlinks. But different breeds are used and they are called different names depending on what hatchery they came from. Most every hatchery has their own type of Red Sexlinks.

Yes! I did post that?

Not all read sex links are super egg layers depending on the breeds used. Hatchery versions will be good egg layers but some of the home bred ones many not be