What breed are these hens

[cherrynberry]

RIR: View attachment 2890311
Red Sexlink: View attachment 2890312
Production Red (commonly sold as RIR) View attachment 2890315
RSLs will always have white mixed in.
RIRs should be a rich mahogany color, and PRs will be a shade lighter.

Just to add, the example photo for the RIR is not the best example of this, but RIRs are supposed to be black tailed red.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Just to add, the example photo for the RIR is not the best example of this, but RIRs are supposed to be black tailed red.

Ah. I’ve never seen an RIR with a fully black tail. Interesting.

 

[cherrynberry]

Ah. I’ve never seen an RIR with a fully black tail. Interesting.

Technically, they are wheaten. They are darker red because they have mahogany as well.

They are known as black tailed red though.

 

[Cats0569]

Is this one a Rhode Island Red? It is dark red with black on the tail.

 

[Cats0569]

Okay. So...red sexlinks are a sexlinked cross. This cross can be made by several breeds. Novogens are a specific red sexlink cross. They are a cross between a Rhode Island Red and White Leghorn.

An ISA brown is a sexlink.

Rhode Island Reds are used in the breeding of red sexlinks. They are purebreds and certainly not your birds.

Is there a way to tell which sexlinks are Isa Browns vs Novogens? It probably is just me, but I know I bought 9 Novogens, was given 2 Isa Browns, and with the new flock inherited 6 that look like the others two breeds. I was just wanting to figure out which is which for records and curiosity. If I can manage to get the 17 pictured either individually or as a group if someone would be able to tell which is which.

 

[cherrynberry]

Is there a way to tell which sexlinks are Isa Browns vs Novogens? It probably is just me, but I know I bought 9 Novogens, was given 2 Isa Browns, and with the new flock inherited 6 that look like the others two breeds. I was just wanting to figure out which is which for records and curiosity. If I can manage to get the 17 pictured either individually or as a group if someone would be able to tell which is which.

No. It is pretty much impossible.

 

[cherrynberry]

RSLs will always have white mixed in.

Are you sure? Is it a proven thing? Just curious.

 

[cherrynberry]

Is this one a Rhode Island Red? It is dark red with black on the tail.
View attachment 2892606

Yup.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Are you sure? Is it a proven thing? Just curious.

Not in my experience. I've had RSLs with no white

 

[cherrynberry]

Not in my experience. I've had RSLs with no white

Do you have any pictures? Did they have their first few molts already? I know that RSLs can loose more white after each molt.