Show off your Red sex-links!! [[pictures included]] !! (:

[PaulRaye]

Picked up our 6 pullets from the 4-H kids today. Two of them are Red Stars, they are already the most outgoing and friendly of the group allowing my kids, 6 & 9, to walk right up and pick them up.

This ones been named Princes


And this one is Ice Cream




Paul

 

[cmom]

Picked up our 6 pullets from the 4-H kids today. Two of them are Red Stars, they are already the most outgoing and friendly of the group allowing my kids, 6 & 9, to walk right up and pick them up.

This ones been named Princes


And this one is Ice Cream




Paul

 

[jaetawright]

Hi, I'm new to chickens, as a matter of fact, this is my first post on BYC. My question to all of you experienced Red sexlink owners out there - is my chick one? She was a mystery chick at the feed store, not on their invoice, although they did have gold sexlinks in there with her. Meatball is on the right, Tansy, a Cuckoo Maran is on the left, both at 3 weeks.

This is Meatball today (and no, we will not be eating her) at 4 1/2 weeks.


If she is not a Red Sexlink, have you any idea what she might be?

Thank you!

 

[cmom]

From the pictures it's hard to say. It looks like her feathering is coming in and I think I see some blackish on her beak. I'm really not sure. She may be a Rhode Island Red or a Production Red, New Hampshire Red. I think you are going to have to let her feather out more to know for sure.

 

[jaetawright]

I looked at pictures of all those as chicks and they don't resemble her as a baby. She had that dark brown caterpillar stripe on her head and down her back like an Araucana but she has tail feathers, so she can't be. She also has yellow legs and no cheek tuffs so she can't be an Americana either. Do you think she is some cross breed that they call an Easter Egger?

Thank you for your thoughts on the matter!

 

[TeaChick]

Looks like hatchery quality RIR to me.
I got some from TSC and yours looks just like mine.
It's definitely not NH. They're much lighter in coloring, looking orange as chicks and with lighter red and more white as juveniles.

 

[philipdj]

Looks like hatchery quality RIR to me.
I got some from TSC and yours looks just like mine.
It's definitely not NH. They're much lighter in coloring, looking orange as chicks and with lighter red and more white as juveniles.

But the RIR pattern feather looks reddish than one and doesn't have black sign in the head
CMIIW

 

[jaetawright]

For a moment I thought she might be a Wellie, but that thread said no, and that she is probably an Easter Egger, a cross breed, which is certainly possible, I guess I'll find out when she starts to lay. Thanks for all your help!

 

[chicchic25]

Here are our little beauties! They are just over 4 wks old.

 

[cmom]

Here are our little beauties! They are just over 4 wks old.