Stephanie8806
Songster
Hey there! So pictured below are two Rhode Island Red chicks that I got in a farm store haul just over 3weeks ago. But are supposedly RIR, they came from the same bin.
I think, regardless of the breed, the larger one is a rooster. It’s comb and wattles are already developing, it’s legs and feet are huge, and the body size is bigger and taller than even the Black jersey giant chicks I got.
I’m curious though, he seems so dang light in color compared to the little hen next to him. Is this normal for a RIR? Is there a chance he’ll darken up? The only other non-black chicks I got were “color-pack”, which are basically Easter Eggers but with Legbar genes instead of Amerucana. They are markedly more grey and have legbar type patterning. There was also an ISA brown bin next to the RIR bin, maybe a chance of a mix up?
Time will tell, of course, but I’m just curious if this is normal for a RIR, to maybe darken later? Pictures below are of the two chicks, the close-up is on the face of the probable roo.
I think, regardless of the breed, the larger one is a rooster. It’s comb and wattles are already developing, it’s legs and feet are huge, and the body size is bigger and taller than even the Black jersey giant chicks I got.
I’m curious though, he seems so dang light in color compared to the little hen next to him. Is this normal for a RIR? Is there a chance he’ll darken up? The only other non-black chicks I got were “color-pack”, which are basically Easter Eggers but with Legbar genes instead of Amerucana. They are markedly more grey and have legbar type patterning. There was also an ISA brown bin next to the RIR bin, maybe a chance of a mix up?
Time will tell, of course, but I’m just curious if this is normal for a RIR, to maybe darken later? Pictures below are of the two chicks, the close-up is on the face of the probable roo.