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[Catherine Spencer]

Help...What breed are these??? And are they all hens? It's my first time raising chickens

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

1...pullet, can you get a shot showing the head for breed I'd?
2 light Brahma, leaning cockerel, but how old?
3 front red sex link pullet, back pullet, can you get a clear shot for breed?
4 white leghorn pullet

 

[JedJackson]

Agree with Ol Grey Mare. #2 is definitely a Light Brahma cockerel, not a pullet.

 

[Catherine Spencer]

1...pullet, can you get a shot showing the head for breed I'd?
2 light Brahma, leaning cockerel, but how old?
3 front red sex link pullet, back pullet, can you get a clear shot for breed?
4 white leghorn pullet

Thank you so much for the answers. I do apologize I don't get to get on here as often as I'd like to and feel so rude for taking so long to see your response. I honestly didn't think anybody would see it or respond. So from the bottom of my heart thank you!! And my little gang prefer attitude over pictures but I will see what better angle I can get of them. And to answer question of how old they are... Best guess is 22 weeks yesterday.... Bought them at tractor supply on April 19, 2017 and they were all about half a handful lol so maybe week or 2 at that point?!?? I really don't know exactly. But a week ago one of the reds started laying!!! But nothing from any of the rest of them yet.... Be back soon with better pics fo ya....

 

[Catherine Spencer]

1...pullet, can you get a shot showing the head for breed I'd?
2 light Brahma, leaning cockerel, but how old?
3 front red sex link pullet, back pullet, can you get a clear shot for breed?
4 white leghorn pullet

 

[JedJackson]

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Naomi- red sex link pullet.
Ruth- production red pullet.
Job & Jacob- light Brahma cockerels.
Rachel & Rebekah- white Leghorn pullets.
Miriam & Mary- silver Leghorn pullets.

They all look happy and healthy.

 

[Catherine Spencer]

Naomi- red sex link pullet.
Ruth- production red pullet.
Job & Jacob- light Brahma cockerels.
Rachel & Rebekah- white Leghorn pullets.
Miriam & Mary- silver Leghorn pullets.

They all look happy and healthy.

Thank you!!!!
Can you please tell me the difference in red sex link pullet and production pullet ??? And any idea if any of them are gonna lay many eggs??? Only one has laid any eggs (about 1 a day for past week) the eggs are small brown eggs (good strong shells I'm proud to say ) But with six hands shouldn't there be more eggs? I got them all in April best I can figure they were a week or two old when I got them which makes them about 22 weeks old as of yesterday. I'm not being impatient really I just want to make sure they're healthy.

 

[JedJackson]

Production reds are a selection from Rhode Island reds bred for high egg production. Red sex links are a cross between production reds and white Leghorns in which the chicks are easily sexed at birth. That's the main difference, and the red sex links usually have white mixed in with the red, as your bird does.

As for eggs, don't worry. The others will start laying in due time. Egg production slows down when the days get shorter, so don't expect full production until Spring, but you should get some in the mean time. If you add artificial lighting for a couple of extra hours in the morning or evening you can get them to lay more but I wouldn't try it until all have been laying for a while.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Naomi- red sex link pullet.
Ruth- production red pullet.
Job & Jacob- light Brahma cockerels.
Rachel & Rebekah- white Leghorn pullets.
Miriam & Mary- silver Leghorn pullets.

They all look happy and healthy.

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Thank you!!!!
Can you please tell me the difference in red sex link pullet and production pullet ??? And any idea if any of them are gonna lay many eggs??? Only one has laid any eggs (about 1 a day for past week) the eggs are small brown eggs (good strong shells I'm proud to say ) But with six hands shouldn't there be more eggs? I got them all in April best I can figure they were a week or two old when I got them which makes them about 22 weeks old as of yesterday. I'm not being impatient really I just want to make sure they're healthy.

They're very healthy looking birds and youl be rolling in eggs before you know it. Are the confined to a coop and run or are they free ranging? If the latter you may be getting more eggs than t you think already.
The main difference between RSL and PR is the RSL is a specific color cross that yields sexable at hatch chicks becasuse male and female are different color. As far as production/laying you'll see little, if any, difference... both are excellent layers

 

[Catherine Spencer]

Yeah I don't want to push them too fast. I really want them to be healthy and happy and have healthy eggs and you know do what chickens do for the most part. Yeah I figure it will be any day for a couple other ones to start laying because i've been made an unwilling witness to the roosters doing their thing. So I figured everybody's coming of age. Some people of told me that I may not be able to keep both of my roosters because they may start attacking and killing each other is that true?