What breed are these one-year olds?

[cposz]

Hi - I'm new to this forum and have a quick question.
We got two new one-year old hens yesterday (and they presented us with two wonderful eggs this morning!). I was told by the person who gave them to us that they are buff orpingtons, but they look too red to me.
Are they BO? If not, can anyone identify what breed they are?

They are beginning their first moult at the moment, which might make this a difficult call ..

Any help with identification would be appreciated!

 

[momof247371]

they are not BO's, they can be rir or a leghorn ..hope someone can help you further..but they are definatley NOT buff O's...

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

RIR

 

[speckledhen]

No, she is a production-type RIR girl.

 

[cposz]

Wow! Such prompt replies - thank you!!
I'm looking online at google images to see a photo of a RIR and they all look much darker brown than these girls. Does anyone have a photo of their RIR they can post for comparison? (google isn't helpful with this particular inquiry, I guess).

 

[speckledhen]

I have both hatchery and breeder quality RIRs. In the first pic is my last remaining hatchery RIR, Reba, who is darker than my previous hatchery RIR girls, and in the second one, one of my molting breeder type RIRs, who is HUGE. Yours is a typical hatchery type RIR.

 

[cposz]

Very helpful (as is this whole forum, in general). Thank you!

 

[cposz]

After looking at pictures of various breeds on this site, I am wondering if they could possibly be Hubbard (ISA) Browns? https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=1642-ISA_Browns

Most of the photos I've seen of RIRs show beautifully motteled brown/red feathers on the body. The feathers on these girls is just plain brown. Also one of the girls has "curly" feathers - she's always been sort of fluffy, I was told. The other's feathers are only a little bit darker and hers lay down properly.

Whatever they are, they are charming, sweet things. Good layers, too.

 

[gel2727]

They could be production RIR, they are not as dark in coloring as breeder RIR. They could also be the Hubbard Brown, or Red Sex Link (aka Red Star). Hubbard brown and Red Star may be the same thing, I'm not sure.

As long as you like them, that's all that matters, right??

 

[cposz]

Gel2727 -
A Red Star - according to Google images, THAT seems to be exactly what they are. The coloring on all ofthe Google image Red Stars is identical to our girls.

Of course, whatever they are they are just perfect! (It's just nice to know, right?)

Thanks, Gel.