TWO RIR's? Pullets and/or Cockereals????

[Countrymanfowl]

These are my two Rhode Island Reds, I think one is a pullet (first pics) and the other is a cockereal (secound pics). The girl is much cakmer and nicer. I can pick her up and pet her withoput any problems. Where as the other one is a feisty little guy.



I think this is a pullet becuase it is smaller framed, has a rounder head, smaller comb, yellower comb and its legs are less think and shorter. What would you say?




This I think is the cockereal becuase as you can see it has a larger and more redened comb and a less rounded head then the other one. You can sort of see the difference in the legs from the top and bottom pic.

 

[aoxa]

Those are not RIR. They look to be red sex link, by those standards, both should be girls.

For you to see the difference: My RIR on the left - Red Sex Link on the right.

RIR behind the Buff Orpington

RSL

 

[popsicle]

They look to me like hatchery RIR, aka Production Reds. I do think the bottom guy is a cockerel, the top sure could be a pullet.

 

[aoxa]

They look to me like hatchery RIR, aka Production Reds.  I do think the bottom guy is a cockerel, the top sure could be a pullet.

Production Reds do look closer to RIR and have black in their tails. RSL don't... these have a whole lot of white to me..

 

[Countrymanfowl]

So wait, their not RIR's????? I bought them at a chicken sale and they were RIR's?

 

[aoxa]

So wait, their not RIR's????? I bought them at a chicken sale and they were RIR's?

Definitely not at all.

Sorry

 

[Countrymanfowl]

They look to me like their RIR's. What makes you say they aren't? They are only about 5-7 weeks anyway.

 

[Countrymanfowl]

Why do you say their not?

 

[aoxa]

They look to me like their RIR's. What makes you say they aren't? They are only about 5-7 weeks anyway.

Did you not see the pictures I posted above? Female Plumage Head lustrous rich dark red. Hackle: lustrous, rich dark red, with slight ticking of black, confined to tips of lower neck feathers. Front of neck, thighs and fluff: rich dark red. breast, back and body: lustrous, rich dark red. Main tail: lustrous greenish black. Wings: bow, fronts, coverts, primaries and secondaries identical to those of the male. Undercolour: rich intense red. General surface colour: lustrous, rich, dark r ed except where black is specified, even in all sections and free from shafting. In both sexes: Comb, face, wattles and ear-lobes bright red. Beak red horn. Eyes reddish bay. Shanks and toes: rich yellow tinged with reddish horn.

Here is my girl.

I think the difference is easy to distinguish when you compare..

 

[Countrymanfowl]

But there still only chicks. Would that make a diiference? Don't they have time to get darker feathers?