Umm.... My white broilers aren't white.

[Mahonri]

Your pics looks my red sex link (female).

Are you certain they are male?

 

[pdpatch]

We think its a red sex link male; we got it in a assortment of heavy broilers:

In Front one of the ones we now think are read sex link males looked mostly all white at 4 weeks
and yes that is a cornish cross.

10 weeks male Red sex link, We think!
Butter yellow on parts of it's neck, and the splash of red to dark red on the wing feathers, and sometime on there back

10 weeks female red sex link and the a RIR

The chicks males were pretty much all yellow. Feather came out as white.

Tom

 

[aladatrot]

These little birds are more active than my white Cornish X birds are. As soon as they are big enough to stay in a horse stall, I will let them into one. For now, I just keep upsizing on cages because I'm afraid they would slip through the door gaps if I let them into a stall. I can't let them free range though, because other than a 200+ lb wild caught pet hog (opportunistic feeder), I also have 4 aussies and some hog hunting dogs - all of whom would love to get their paws on some fresh chicken. The Aussies are good with the birds, especially when I have escapees, but I am also there to call them out. Without supervision, I'm afraid an escaped meat bird would have no chance. We also have a very non skittish coyote visitor living in the back pasture. I have a bad problem with being over protective, but I figure I'd rather be safe than sorry. Therefore, my meat birds are living in 12 x 12 horse stalls.

Cheers!
M

 

[pattypenny]

Ideal sell a red laced cornish, maybe that is what you have.

 

[pdpatch]

By the time it time for proccessing,you should be able to tell better what you have. they will by feathered out better and the Males will try to crow.

Sexing of chicks is not always 100% accurate as we now know we got one female RIR with our male broilers. We suspect there may be at least one more female in the lot but aren't 100% sure yet. Starting at about 9 or 10 weeks a number of the heavey breed will start to try and crow. So we are waiting ,if it crow's it a male at this stage.

If you still not sure you might be able to wait a little longer untill they start to lay eggs.
Sex links birds can start to lay at 20 weeks most othere heaveys will start to lay at around 22 weeks. So by that time, for sure, it should be known for sure if they are male/female.