TSC "red pullets" are not red... sex link males or buff orps?

[hennyandpenny]

i got red pullets at TSC too the first wing featers where like that too but as they got older they turned darker in color

 

[BlazeJester]

WOW! Ok, I'm assured. I guess I was concerned that they weren't actually red (NH/production/RIR) at the store and I wasn't really paying attention that day. Thanks everyone!

 

[photographybycasea]

My red pullet from TSC was yellow as well, then feathered in red

 

[booker81]

Booker81 - what are the B&W in your picture? Pretty birds!!

Lol, those are SLW young roos, picked up at TSC at the same time. I picked all of them out in the mixed breed bin

 

[BlazeJester]

Bahaha ok I'm just dying for roosters, apparently!!

 

[donrae]

They are some type of sex link pullets. The sex linkage means the hens are gold based, so can be yellowish to reddish, sometimes a brown, and the cockerals are silver based, so basically white with leakage as they age. Those girls are definately gold based, They'll darken in as they feather.

 

[womern]

So are your red sex links really buff orps, because I got mine at tsc and they look just like your red ones. brought mine in troy ohio