please help are theres chicks new hampshire reds or rhode island red

[missnu01]

I got 2 assorted red pullets from tractor supply. They are younger than your chicks but they have white wing feathers, and they are getting in really orange-y dark reddish brown colored feathers on the rest of their body...their tails and shoulders and undersides are all coming in the dark red brown. I don't know what they are, but they are super friendly and much smaller than the leghorn, EE, and Buff Orpington chicks they are in the brooder with.

 

[Austinrir979]

Yes i got them from tractor supply they said they was gurennted hens and there was no production red just rirs and nhrs but they dident know which is which

 

[missnu01]

Well I have 2 of the same then. I thought they were red sex links. Easiest way to end up with guaranteed hens. But I don't know if red sex links have white wings and red bodies or not...I think they'll be very pretty chickens though

 

[Austinrir979]

Well not be rude but i really need.to know if any of them are rir please

 

[missnu01]

No. They are indeed red sex links. Red sex links are mostly red with white sprinkles in here and there, especially on the wings...so you and I both have red sex links. So...no rir no new hampshires just red sex links...

 

[missnu01]

Just look up pictures of all the breeds you think they might be and compare. It's what I did and looks like red sex links to me

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

They are 100% Red Sex Links. With the white feathers they are definitely not a RIR or NH.

 

[Austinrir979]

So are these all hens and how much longer will it be befor.they can be left out side

 

[missnu01]

They should be hens, the roosters are almost totally white except their hackle feathers... The chicks can go outside once they are fully feathered, around 6-10 weeks depending on breed. Earlier if it stays warm outside, even earlier than that if you have a way to affix the brooder light outside

 

[farmerChef]

Looks like Red Sexlink pullets. Depending on the weather, I usually take the light off them around a month old, and them move them out. Get them used to being without a light before putting them outside, sometimes I will give them a light a night if it gets cold before they are full grown.


male red sexlink

female red sexlink