I agree with the rusty blacks, and also think the masked light one will look like a buff. This means that the masked light bird has two red genes, which means it got a red gene from each parent, so the narragansett parent must have been golden narragansett. Which is why the other light poult looks like a bourbon red. The previous owner has apparently been crossing birds for a while. The buff parent, which normally would have two black-based genes, apparently only had one paired with a recessive bronze-based gene. The golden narragansett would have two bronze-based genes, and the offspring got a bronze based from each parent. Since the parent narragansett had a red gene from a previous cross with a buff, the narragansettt was probably the mother, since a tom BuffXnarri would not look like a narragansett (they need two Narri genes for it to show, hens only need one). So your unmasked red bird probably has two bronze-based genes, two red genes, and maybe a narragansett gene from the mom, maybe not. If it does have mom's narragansett gene. it is a tom. If it doesn't have moms Narri gene, its a plain old bourbon red, and it could be either sex.
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