Please help me figure out the breed of this hen

[in2legos]

We got two red sexlinks and three black ones (none of them lay yet) but we don't know what kind of chicken this is

 

[Kelsie2290]

That looks like a red sex link rooster.

 

[in2legos]

Well it hasn't been crowing. I sure hope it's not a rooster

 

[Jody73]

I have one very similar, about 20 weeks and i'm still unsure

 

[donrae]

Agree it's the male counterpart of your red sex link hens. He's classic red sex link rooster. If you don't plan to keep a rooster, I'd start making plans about his future before he gets too noisy.

 

[Toddrick]

The stance looks like a rooster giving you the stink eye, about to ruffle his neck feathers. It's comb also stands straight up, so I'd think it is a roo. Roos are more colorful and have longer tail feathers than hens.

PS - I don't know much about sex links, but I just did some reading, and the male red sex-link is supposed to be mostly white (like yours). So I'm not sure how it slipped into a batch of pullets.

 

[fshinggrl]

Yep, definitely a red sexlink rooster. Sorry.

 

[krista74]

100% roo. The red patches on the wings give it away.


Sorry.

 

[BantamLover21]

Red Sex-link rooster. Red Sex-link hens are colored much differently.

 

[Wyandottes7]

Red Sex-Link male.