What breeds are we?

[JoBean1987]

My aunt bought 60 hens but the breeds they said they were don't look anything like the chicken. I was hoping my fellow BYCers can help me out.

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

Looks like Production Reds, which are sold as Rhode Island Reds, and in the front is a Light Brown Leghorn. the PR are great layers of brown eggs and the LBL will lay white eggs.

 

[JoBean1987]

This is a light brown leghorn?

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

This is a light brown leghorn?

Yep!

 

[WyandotteIndeed]

Yep x2!

 

[BantamLover21]

This is a light brown leghorn?

The above bird is a Single-combed Light Brown Leghorn. The red birds in the other photos are Production Reds, which are sold by many hatcheries as Rhode Island Reds or New Hampshires.

 

[JoBean1987]

They charged her $10/chick for 2 light brown leghorns. That's nuts.

 

[Wyandottes7]

The red birds are Production Reds, and the other one is a Light Brown Leghorn.

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

They charged her $10/chick for 2 light brown leghorns. That's nuts.

Your Aunt paid $10 each? How old were they at the time? If they were the age pictured above then that isn't a terrible deal, and I only see pullets at least. Although, $600 (if that is what she paid) is quite a lot to spend on hatchery birds, at least she will get plenty of eggs!

 

[JoBean1987]

She only bought 7 chicks at the time and they be only a week old.