Let's Play "Name That Breed"!

[nututhis]

These ladies are about two months old, so they haven't started laying yet. But my in-laws had four exactly like them until recently and they laid large brown eggs. A co-worker of mine thinks they're Rhode Island Reds, but I think they're too light in color to be R.I.R's. I have a few ideas as to what they might be, but nothing certain.

 

[Basskids08]

These ladies are about two months old, so they haven't started laying yet. But my in-laws had four exactly like them until recently and they laid large brown eggs. A co-worker of mine thinks they're Rhode Island Reds, but I think they're too light in color to be R.I.R's. I have a few ideas as to what they might be, but nothing certain.

Hello and ! It looks to me that they are production red! The lighting in the pics aren't the best!

 

[hdowden]

new hampshires

 

[Cyan Night]

Either new hampshires or production reds

 

[nututhis]

Sorry about the lighting. My backyard is pretty well shaded. I had suspected Production Red and New Hampshire both... as well as Orpington. One thing's for sure, at this point, I'm getting it narrowed down. Thanks everyone!

 

[K Spot]

Either new hampshires or production reds

x2

 

[donrae]

You're correct they're too light to be Rhode Islands. You just have a better eye for detail than your co-worker...lots of folks think there's only one red breed of chicken, so any reddish bird must be a RIR. I agree they're possibly hatchery quality New Hampshires or production reds, which are basically generic red hatchery birds that lay tons of brown eggs.

 

[nututhis]

This all started because my in-laws had chickens, so my wife decided we should have chickens. Then my youngest son chose poultry production as his SAE (whatever that is) for FFA (at least I know what that is). So now I have a couple of chickens in my backyard and next spring we plan on getting more. I told my wife that we need to get a place in the country so we can have a bunch of chickens and go at this in a big way. In the meantime, I'll use this opportunity to get experience.

 

[BantamLover21]

They look like production reds or hatchery-quality New Hampshires to me.