What breed of rooster?

[Anthony-Smith]

Hey y'all!

Someone near me is offering two roosters for free. Specifically, I am wanting a Rhode Island Red Roo for breeding purposes.

She doesn't know what the breeds are. Looked at pictures online, and it would seem as if a RR rooster can have a few different looks. I would think the darker one is a RR, but some pictures would say the lighter brown one is too.

What are these?:

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Hey y'all!

Someone near me is offering two roosters for free. Specifically, I am wanting a Rhode Island Red Roo for breeding purposes.

She doesn't know what the breeds are. Looked at pictures online, and it would seem as if a RR rooster can have a few different looks. I would think the darker one is a RR, but some pictures would say the lighter brown one is too.

What are these?:

Fist is certainly not RIR because it has a rose comb.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

The darker one has a pea comb, look closely. its a buckeye rooster.... the second appears to be a RIR.
Buckeyes are a more mahogany color, where RIR are more red.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

The darker one has a pea comb,

You sure? Looks more like a rose IMO.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I have to add, I'd love to have that buckeye... or a flock of them. They're the first and only breed developed by a woman in the United States!

 

[Anthony-Smith]

Fist is certainly not RIR because it has a rose comb.

That's what I thought, then I looked it up. I don't automatically believe everything I read online, so that's why I'm here. Here is a pic of a place I read online about rose combed RR's.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

You sure? Looks more like a rose IMO.

Here's my old araucana roo with my buckeye hen in the foreground... based upon the angles... I'd say the OP has a pea comb. Its a little blurry... and RIR do come in a rose comb, but the color said buckeye to me.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Here's my old araucana roo with my buckeye hen in the foreground... based upon the angles... I'd say the OP has a pea comb. Its a little blurry... and RIR do come in a rose comb, but the color said buckeye to me.

I do agree the color is more like that of a buckeye. Though OPs bird still appears to have a rose comb.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

That's what I thought, then I looked it up. I don't automatically believe everything I read online, so that's why I'm here. Here is a pic of a place I read online about rose combed RR's.

Interesting. Never heard anyone talk about them. I suppose it could be RIR then. Coloring is still off.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Where did she get her birds? She would have had to get it from a breeder to be true rose comb RIR if they are as uncommon as they seem.