What breed is my chicken?

[rebrascora]

That is really surprising.... I was expecting it to be another TSC error.
Did you order straight run or sexed pullets? Are all 20 the same? Maybe it is just a very poor quality Rock. It is certainly a little chunkier than your average sex link cockerel but it shouldn't have that colour bleed if it is a Plymouth rock and I'm pretty confident that it is a cockerel, so if you ordered sexed pullets, that's another error.
Do they all have that colour bleed or are some pure white?

 

[Kristen D]

That is really surprising.... I was expecting it to be another TSC error.
Did you order straight run or sexed pullets? Are all 20 the same? Maybe it is just a very poor quality Rock. It is certainly a little chunkier than your average sex link cockerel but it shouldn't have that colour bleed if it is a Plymouth rock and I'm pretty confident that it is a cockerel, so if you ordered sexed pullets, that's another error.
Do they all have that colour bleed or are some pure white?

I ordered 18 pullets, 2 cockerels. My thinking was I could make my own meat birds for upcoming years. I was going to pick out the best cockerel and 10 best pullets, as my meat bird breeding stock. As chicks they were just yellow chicks so I didn't think anything. As their feathers started growing in I noticed an odd yellow/brown tint around their neck and this is how they look now. To make matters worse there's much more than 2 cockerels. It kind of messes up my plan though because I've raised all these chickens from birth with the intention of them laying eggs in the spring to hatch out that seasons meat birds. Would you still try it, or no?

 

[Kristen D]

Can you post photos of the others?
Where did you get them?

I'll post more photos later. They all have the same markings.

 

[Kristen D]

That is really surprising.... I was expecting it to be another TSC error.
Did you order straight run or sexed pullets? Are all 20 the same? Maybe it is just a very poor quality Rock. It is certainly a little chunkier than your average sex link cockerel but it shouldn't have that colour bleed if it is a Plymouth rock and I'm pretty confident that it is a cockerel, so if you ordered sexed pullets, that's another error.
Do they all have that colour bleed or are some pure white?

They all have this same look. Tan on the neck feathers, and random dark brown splotches on the rest of the body.

 

[rebrascora]

Have you been in touch with the hatchery to voice your concerns?

 

[flappychicken]

wow what hatchery? It almost looks like a red shouldered yokohama kinda mix. But but if it is a cockerel then. It does look like a red sex link.

 

[RollTideChicken]

I know he probably (100%) is not what you ordered but he is very nice looking. I've always been a sucker for piebald coloring.

 

[jane s chickens]

Got a roo like the one in your avatar, roll tide. Did you buy or breed him?

 

[lilmillefleur]

Let's see pics of your whole flock.

You need your money back!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Sounds like if they are all that exact color, you have all cockerels, and they are all Red Sex Links. RSL hens are red with bits of white. Which hatchery was it?