My 7 week old Barred Rocks want to know...

[classicsredone]

I'll agree. Pretty girls you have there.

 

[afj6710]

They look just like my BRs that are about that age - and I'm hoping they are pullets, too. My newbie chicken owner gut tells me that they are.

 

[JodyJo]

Girls Girls Girls....congrats!

 

[AUChick9202]

Very pretty girls

 

[limabean]

Thanks everyone!

 

[Pele]

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You're not alone in being confused, red sex-links can be confusing! Since they are not a standard breed monitored by the APA, hatcheries use different mixes of the following breeds:

Roosters: New Hampshire Red or Rhode Island Red

Hens: White Rock, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island White, Delaware

What you are looking for is a red gene male to breed with a white gene hen.

All the different names are marketing ploys by hatcheries. Instead of just Red Sex-Link, you get romantic stuff like Cinnamon Queen, or Golden Comet.

I just call mine "Silly chickens' when they do something dumb, "stinky chickens" when I'm cleaning the coop, "wonderful chickens" when they lay an egg, etc...

 

[limabean]

Ha ha, yes, I call my chickens similar things - mostly silly chickens, but when they start laying some new names may come!

 

[woolyworm]

They look just like my girls. Very cute.

 

[LD Jackson]

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As has already been said, they look just like my three BR pullets. Small and pale combs and much darker feather coloring.

 

[spiritdance]

I've hatched and raised a lot of both red sexlinks and BRs, and that is a fine-looking group of girls you have there...