Please help me identify my hens

[UrbanChick000]

I rescued these 2 sweet girls from craigslist but I am new to this urban chicken raising and have no idea what their breed are. Can anyone help me me identify their breeds please? Thank you

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

They are Red Sex Links.

 

[UrbanChick000]

Thank you so much! Now I can finally read up on them and learn what they like as far as enviroment and how to keep them comfortable.

 

[Gray Farms]

Red Sexlink

 

[lilmillefleur]

Red Sex Links. They should give you a lot of eggs!
Be sure to check them for stuck eggs/egg binding if they look sick, as RSL are more prone to that

 

[UrbanChick000]

Eaks!! I will have to research that procedure, that sounds painful! They typically each give an egg a day but for 3 days now I have gotten only 1 a day and I have recently added a feeder full of oyster shell calcium to their coop, I am hoping one of them isn't bound. I was thinking it might be either they needed calcium or that its getting colder out and less daylight so production may be slowing. They both are happy and healthy looking, so no one showing signs of being sick.

 

[lilmillefleur]

this article might help:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/egg-binding-symptoms-treatment-and-prevention.66978/

 

[UrbanChick000]

I will read thos articles asap! Thank you! I did find a 2 eggs with no shell, which made me realize they needed more calcium. The feed i buy is layer pellets that claims to have calcium in it, but obviously not enough. Do you think the hen that layed the 2 shell-less eggs could be egg bound? I am worried

 

[Gray Farms]

If you just recently got them they are going to slow/stop laying until they get settled in good. Its a stressful experience being caged, hauled, separated from old flock mates, placed in totally new surroundings, new sounds, new feeds, and new neighbors. All of this will greatly impact laying. If you've had them for sometime with normal laying but now they've slowed, they may be getting ready to molt.

 

[lilmillefleur]

I will read thos articles asap! Thank you! I did find a 2 eggs with no shell, which made me realize they needed more calcium. The feed i buy is layer pellets that claims to have calcium in it, but obviously not enough. Do you think the hen that layed the 2 shell-less eggs could be egg bound? I am worried

It's not just not laying eggs. They would visibly look unwell if they were egg bound.
Layer feed has a good amount of calcium. That and oyster shell and you really don't need to worry too much. They are getting used to their new environment still.
New layers also will lay shell less eggs too.