What kind of chick? Sex-link?

[WhitehartRabbitry]

I am worried about some chicks I received last week. They're now a week old, and all of the light orange ones (who had the stripes down the back) have very short wings compared to all the other chicks. (I ordered all pullets) I didn't know if these were sex-links or not. Here are some pics of one of the chicks:

 

[Spazzyyarn]

I'm going to say a red sex link, they look just like mine.

 

[Pet Duck Boy]

Aren't the whitish ones roosters? That's how they sex them.... red sex link roosters hatch with whiter down.

 

[hangin'witthepeeps]

If it is a red sex-link, then it's a girl, because girls are born red and males white. Girls do feather out with white on the wing tips and underside. Here is a picture of mine. Males feather out mostly white. For a picture of the male, check out feathersite http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sex-links/BRKSexLink.html#GSLChik

Adult, you can see some white on the underside and wing tips.

Baby in the background, I know its not a good picture, but you can see the red and white feathers.

 

[WhitehartRabbitry]

I remember my comets being red and white as they feathered out. My concern was with how short the wing feathers are. The rest of the chicks go to their butts! lol But upon looking at all of them, they're all like that, and I find it hard to believe the hatchery made that big of a faux pa. Thanks everyone!

 

[Happy Chooks]

It does look like a red sex link.