Rock Reds?

[CovenantCreek]

Someone on eBay is selling hatching eggs for Rock Reds, which the listing says is a sex-link variety. I'm wondering if anyone has heard of this variety before. The hen pictured is gorgeous!

Click here to see the listing.

 

[kyfarmer]

i seen the same thing i dont never have seen them befor

 

[nccountrygirl]

The chicken in the picture looks like my Black Sex Links

 

[CovenantCreek]

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I was wondering if it wasn't just somebody's personal "brand name" for a Barred Rock/RIR cross or if maybe they had come up with a different pairing that deserved a new name.

 

[KingsCalls]

Different hatcheries sometimes cross their own egg layers to try for a better egg layer. They then name "their" crosses. My guess would be that this is what a Rock-Red is.

 

[EweSheep]

Definately a Black Sex Linked.....the British call those Black Rocks or Rock Reds.....someone is pulling your leg about the "new" name but any wise person would see that its a Black Sex Link pullet LOL!

 

[silkiechicken]

Yep, black sexlink. A barred hen and a red rooster if I remember right.

 

[MissChessy]

I have 4 of these beauties. They lay some really jumbo brown eggs. Their plummage is beautiful and they have really bushy soft down on their legs. Love to watch them scratch around the yard!

 

[McGoo]

Don't want to steal this thread, but I have a large pullet with white where the red is on these hens. Do any of you know what her breed or mix might be? No one seems to know.

Thanks for any ideas. She is my biggest pullet, friendly, matured late and lays light brown eggs. She's got a single comb and green legs.

 

[CovenantCreek]

I don't know, but she sure is pretty.