Hen ID help please!

[TheFarmMama]

Hopefully Rosie is easier to identify than my roos! Thanks yall!

 

[Buckguy20]

Red sex link, production red, cherry egger,
They have a lot of names. Great layers.

 

[aussieheelr]

yep red sex link. She's a hybred chick-e-poo, bred for egg production and color sex linkage at hatch.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Red sex-link is the general name for the breed. I've seen hatcheries call them a variety of things such as Cinnamon Queens, for example. They are a hybrid egg-laying breed and she should be a laying machine!

 

[herefordlovinglady]

Okay, so what is the difference between a sex link and RIR? I have been thinking i have a RIR, but maybe it's a sex link..mine sure looks like what's pictured.

 

[TheFarmMama]

Thanks for clarifying yall...too many names for one cute chick! lol She definitely doesn't disappoint...a speckled bottom brown egg everyday by 9am

 

[noitulover]

a red sex link is a hybrid breed. The chicks are able to be sexed at hatch by their color. this hybrid "breed" cannot be bred to itself to produce more of its kind. it is a mixture of two or more breeds bred together for two purposes: distinguishing between males and females at birth, and egg production value.

a RIR is a Rhode Island Red. this is a breed of chicken that is a dark mahogany color. a show quality or hatchery quality RIR will not have any white in its feathers. the color of "red" could vary between very dark brownish burgundy or mahogany (probably from a breeder), to a muddy orange-ish red-ish color (hatchery quality).

below are pics of RIRs

the poster's picture is a red sex link. (notice the white feathers particularly around the neck and tail feathers)

 

[Kanga77510]

She looks like my little red hens, red sex links. Our feed store calls them golden sex links. They're great layers and good hens. I'm really pleased with them.

 

[M To The Maxx]

Red sex link

 

[wordgirl]

Red or Gold Sex-Link. Is there a difference?