Looking for ID of pullets I got from 4H auction

[Holly O]

The production red looks an awful lot like my Rhode Island Red. Are they that similar in appearance?

 

[misty7850]

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I'm not sure, maybe someone else knows

 

[misty7850]

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Yup, could be an Ancona. I've had 3 hatchery Anconas. All 3 had large combs, and one had a comb even bigger than our roo's. A friend of ours insisted it had to be a roo, but boys don't lay huge white eggs!

-Cindy in MA

Yep it's an Ancona pullet... They lay really well too.

Woohoo... yippee... makes me happy =:}

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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A production red is the hatchery's version of a RIR (depending on the hatchery). Some hatcheries sell a PR as a production type RIR, others sell both PRs & RIRs. The RIRs & PRs from the hatcheries or feed stores are not as deep a red or as large a bird as a breeder's RIR.

http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/product/rhode_island_reds.html
McMurray's RIR: "Our "production" strain is keeping up the fine reputation of this old favorite."

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Reds/BRKRIR.html
feathersite has them listed on the same page