Help with breed and gender

[mwaymo]

We picked up these chicks from a feed store and since we live on the border there was a bit of a language barrier. I think they are Rhode Island Reds and they said they were female but I don't think they could have accurately known.

Anyway, they are about 3 weeks now. Is it still too early to tell? Any ideas on breed and gender?

 

[jcabral]

Second picture look like production reds. Not sure on the first one

 

[Michael OShay]

The top one is a Red Sex Link pullet. The two in the bottom picture look like Production Red pullets. You should get lots of eggs from those girls. )

 

[mwaymo]

The top one is a Red Sex Link pullet. The two in the bottom picture look like Production Red pullets. You should get lots of eggs from those girls. )

So does that mean I don't have a rooster!

 

[Michael OShay]

So does that mean I don't have a rooster!

I would say so. The Red Sex Link is definitely a pullet (male RSLs are white), and I don't see anything screaming rooster in the two Production Reds.

 

[Wyandottes7]

They both look like Production Reds to me. I'm not seeing the white feathers that would make the first one a Red Sex-Link; it looks like a darker Production Red. It is too early to tell gender for sure, but they are looking like females.

 

[BantamLover21]

They both look like Production Reds to me. I'm not seeing the white feathers that would make the first one a Red Sex-Link; it looks like a darker Production Red. It is too early to tell gender for sure, but they are looking like females.

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