help please

[EthenNoah]

I recently got these chickens and i dont know anything about them. Can anyone tell me what i have?
#1


#2


#3


#4

 

[sourland]

1) red sex link
2) silver laced wyandotte X
3) New Hampshire or production red
4) Silky X

 

[EthenNoah]

They are all hens right?

 

[sourland]

1, 2, and 3 are hens for sure. 4 is most likely a very young pullet - hard to tell for sure from that picture.

 

[ChickenExtreme]

I recently got these chickens and i dont know anything about them. Can anyone tell me what i have?
#1
2nd generation Red Sexlink Roo

#2
Silver Laced Wyandotte Pullet

#3
Production Red, Pullet

#4
Blue Silkie X Cochin, leaning towards pullet, a better pic would help

 

[ChickenExtreme]

I'm double thinking on Chicken # 3 do you have a better pic?

 

[TW1Kell]

I agree on all except for #3. I think she's another Red Sexlink. Some of mine came out fairly solid red, as well. I have a question, tho. In my area (North Mississippi, USA), people tend to call Red Sexlinks "Production Reds". Is "Production Red" a separate breed? I have also bought beautiful Americaunas as Auracaunas, here, as well, sooo....I'm just making the point.

 

[donrae]

I agree on all except for #3. I think she's another Red Sexlink. Some of mine came out fairly solid red, as well. I have a question, tho. In my area (North Mississippi, USA), people tend to call Red Sexlinks "Production Reds". Is "Production Red" a separate breed? I have also bought beautiful Americaunas as Auracaunas, here, as well, sooo....I'm just making the point.

Prouction red is a kinda generic term for a red hatchery bird, but they breed true.
Sex links are a one time cross, a red roo over a silver hen, and don't breed true.

I'm also leaning toward that first bird being a roo, the shading in more dramatic than a hen and the color just isn't quite right for a first gen sex link. EthanNoah, what can you tell us about how old these birds are and where they came from?

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

I don't see any pointed saddle feathers on #1. I have some ISA Brown pullets that have the darker coloring like her.
#1 Red Sex Link Hen
#2 Silver Laced Wyandotte Hen
#3 Production Red Hen
#4 Silkie Cross

edit
Production Reds are usually Rhode Island Reds that are bred for better laying prowess than for type

 

[EthenNoah]

I really cant tell you anything about them the lady i got them from was selling them at the tractor supply, all she told me was that #1 was young and that they are all hens i had bought another one but it died the same day i got them.