Ordered 14, got 24. What are they--RIR?

[phalenbeck]

Ordered 10 Langshons and 4 frizzle cochins, and got these 10 with the Ideal order What are they?

 

[sourland]

They are very likely RIR cockerels added as 'packing peanuts' to keep your chicks warm in transit.

 

[Pele]

RIR or Production Red males. 'Free" birds are almost always males the hatchery is offloading.

 

[greeneggchick15]

RIR or Production Red males. 'Free" birds are almost always males the hatchery is offloading.

Wait how can you tell they are male? I have 3 that look a lot like that one!

 

[donrae]

Wait how can you tell they are male? I have 3 that look a lot like that one!

It's not 100%, but the fact that they're free, just added to keep the other birds warm enough during shipping, usually indicated male. There's nothing from the picture of the chick itself to indicate it's a male, just the circumstances.

 

[phalenbeck]

Ideal said they were male (free) and far as we can tell 9 of 10 are male, based on feather sexing.

 

[greeneggchick15]

It's not 100%, but the fact that they're free, just added to keep the other birds warm enough during shipping, usually indicated male. There's nothing from the picture of the chick itself to indicate it's a male, just the circumstances.

Oh ok! I hope ours are females! This is my first time having chickens and I don't know how roosters get along with other roosters but I don't want all boys! I want eggs!

 

[phalenbeck]

Thanks for the help. Production Red seems to match best as the color seems wrong for RIR. Very active birds.