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I agree with the above posters. You have Red Sex-Links, also called Red Stars or Cinnamon Queens. They are a cross of a red rooster (like a Rhode Island Red) with a silver hen (like a White Leghorn). You'll get just as many eggs (if not more) from your Red Star as you would have gotten from a Production Red. Production Reds are just various "red" breed crosses that lay plenty of eggs.
Oops! Thanks for the correction.Just one correction--white Leghorns do not carry the silver gene. They carry a white gene that will cover pretty much any other color genes out there and will produce white chicks, often with black spots. A Tetra Tint is an example of a Red Rooster over a white Leghorn.
Silver factor birds include white Rocks, Columbian Rocks, Delawares, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island White... but not the Leghorn.
Oops! Thanks for the correction.