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Maybe heritage Rhode Island reds ? I don’t own any and have no idea of the breed standard but they sure look like rirs.
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Thank you for the suggestion, I appreciate it!Unfortunately they are 100% all males. Probably dumped when the previous owner realized they were male.
As to breed, Rhode island red, new Hampshire red, and production reds are all very closely related. New hampshires were created by selectively breeding rhode island reds for fast maturing meat birds and using no other breeds. Production reds are hybrids involving RIR and new hampshires with a focus on egg production. All 3 breeds from a hatchery are going to look more or less the same. There's just no way to know what they are for sure. If I were you I would list them as RIR when advertising them since that breed is the base for the other two and put in the description that they were found as strays so breed and age may not be 100% accurate.