What breed are my girls?

[melliebellie]

Eve and Eve are five months old. Sold to me at 2 days old as Buff Orpingtons. They are obviously not. Medium sized, flighty, late to mature. They are also super ugly. To me they look like an RIR cross. Any thoughts?

 

[Kelsie2290]

Do they actually have peacombs? they almost look like buckeyes.

 

[donrae]

How old are they? I agree, I can't see the combs well enough to say for sure. My first thought is generic hatchery red hens, but those should have straight combs.

 

[keesmom]

Hatchery rose comb RIRs? Do the hatcheries have those?

 

[Veer67]

I would say that they are Buckeyes, I see pea combs and the coloring fits and they are not super ugly.

 

[melliebellie]

Come on, it's ok, they are a little bit ugly. They have very tiny almost non-existent combs. They're 5 months old. I thought Buckeyes too but I read somewhere these days they were pretty rare.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Hatchery rose comb RIRs? Do the hatcheries have those?

Yes, some do. I think this is what they are

 

[fallenangel79]

rode island red

 

[Kelsie2290]

A lot of the big hatcheries carry Buckeyes now, Ideal, Cackle and Meyer all have them for instance.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

rode island red

those are not rhode island reds. They are red sex links, a lot of hatcheries have different names for them, golden comets, cinnamon queens, and so on