Need some help with identifying.

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

I have 3 cockerels, now 7 months old. I need some help identifying their breeds. Thanks in advance.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

The red one looks like a Production Red (although the leg color is off), the barred one looks like a Barred Rock, and the multi-colored one looks like a mixed breed.

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

Hmmm...thank you WoS. Of the two brown ones, is a production red worth keeping to introduce new blood to our flock?

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

I would wait and see on his temperament. You don't want to introduce any aggressive genes into your flock.

If he passes that test, then I would say that a Production Red makes a great flock roo. They often have great egglaying genes, and you can breed them with a variety of birds to make sex-linked offspring.

 

[Wyandottes7]

The red one looks like a Production Red (although the leg color is off), the barred one looks like a Barred Rock, and the multi-colored one looks like a mixed breed.

I agree.

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

I was just telling my husband that very same thing...that we'll have to wait and see on his temperament. It would be a shame to condemn them to the freezer with good genetics.