RIR chicks

[wjallen05]

At what age can you tell a male from a female RIR? I got 8 extras with my 1/7 Ideal order that were "male RIRs" but some have dark red combs and some have very light combs... do they just mature at different rates or did I maybe get straight run?

 

[moduckman]

When all are together, the males will have the bigger combs and wattles. The tails will have more black on them, as far as length of the feather.

 

[riley]

i to got an order from 1/7 i ordered 12 pullets & 1 roo the roo came marked on his head and he seams to be maturing alot slower than the pullets

 

[wjallen05]

what kind of mark? One of my RIRs had a dark spot on the top of it's head, I thought it was very strange. I don't see the spot anymore, but now only one looks like a male.

 

[Indiana hens]

Our experience with most brown egg breeds is that the roosters get tails last (within 6 weeks of hatch).RIR fall in this category. Australorpes are an exception.

 

[congdon476]

The mark that Ideal put on the tops of my packing peanuts head's was a purple like color.