Red chickens and white chickens

[Lazey]

And now my camera needs its battery recharged... Managed a few photos, afraid they're not very good. I'll have to go back after the battery recharges and try for better shots, hopefully the battery will be charged before dark.

Some quick history for those not following the latest post on my intro thread-
My mother's friend free ranges chicken but she had two that liked to free-range onto the neighbor's porch and allegedly pooped there. She didn't like keeping her chickens penned so she re-homed the two porch-poopers to us- those two are my family's first chickens (And if you've sen my intro post you'd see I'd been wanting to get chickens over 3 years ago). We rigged up a pen and were getting used to them and them to us, they even laid two brown eggs and we were pondering how soon to let them out of the pen to free-range when my dad decided to go get a bunch of chickens from someone in another town. He brought home brought a bunch of white and red hens home all of a sudden- we didn't know we were getting more chickens until they arrived. No idea why this guy was getting rid of his chickens, I just hope they're all healthy. Keeping the two we started off with separate from the new flock for now and don't plan on putting them together until the new chickens are ready to free-range so hopefully no one will get seriously injured in establishing the pecking order.


Here is the new flock. No eggs from these girls yet but they're probably still stressed and don't blame them. Can't see most of them because they're in the shade. The reddish one I think is some sort of red sex-link, its feathers appear lighter in real life.


Same new flock, even worse picture but you can see that the red ones are lighter.

Now the two we started off with-


I think they're some kind of red sex-link like the two reds in the new flock. Of course the bar is in the way but its a single comb.


At least I managed one decent profile photo of one of the hens, I think the closest one is French Fry and the one behind her is Firestar (Was calling her Firecracker but I believe the family she came from named her Firestar).

The two we started with are pretty friendly as they were basically pets. They were content to stay in the pen with nothing but a bit of black string strung over the top to deter them from flying over.
The new flock is more flighty, both the whites and reds were flying out before we had to completely cover the pen. They're not as friendly as the original two but still crowd to the side of the pen when I approach it.

 

[Michael OShay]

I can't really see the earlobes of the white bird in the front, but if it has red earlobes, it's a White Rock. If it has white earlobes, it's a White Leghorn. I can't see the red one enough to determine for sure but if it has white underfluff and white tail feathers, it's a Red Sex Link. If it lacks white underfluff and white tail feathers, it's a Production Red.

These are either White Rocks or White Leghorns (depending again on whether the earlobes are red or white) and Red Sex Link pullets.

Definitely Red Sex Link pullets.

Definitely Red Sex Link pullets.

 

[Akrnaf2]

X2 for the red ones
The white ones are almost for shore White leghorn

 

[Lazey]

The ear lobes are red on the white chickens, just like the red sex links' earlobes. My camera is charged so I'll try to get out there before it gets dark but sounds like White rocks or White leghorns- I'm leaning towards white rocks from what I've looked up.

Pretty sure all the red ones are red sex-links, the new red chickens look almost identical to the first two chickens we got. What hatchery and cross-breed combination I dunno if I'll ever find out- thinking part RIR.

 

[fshinggrl]

I noticed that the ears were red on your white chickens, so yes, they are not white leghorns. White rocks are definitely a possibility. I did not know that their combs were that big!

 

[Lazey]

The ear lobes are the fleshy bit, right?
Now I'm confused, was out there trying to take a picture but at of course now the chickens aren't cooperating, but it looked like some had white and red ear lobes, or white ear lobes, or red ear lobes... Possible that the whites are not just one breed? I'll look and see if any of the side of the face pictures are legible.

I'm surprised at the size of the combs too. On one bird it flops over and looks like it's in her eyes. Almost what I'd expect with a rooster but I think they're all hens (But as I said, my father did not research before getting these birds, kind of an impulse flock).

So more pictures of uncooperative chickens!


This smart butt would present the ear, then turn to face me. The other chickens' butts in the picture was all intentional, I'm sure. But think it confirms that the reds are red sex-links and not production reds.


Red?




Yellow? What? I noticed this one's comb looked paler than the other hens- more pink then red. Should I be concerned?


Red?

 

[Michael OShay]

The ear lobes are red on the white chickens, just like the red sex links' earlobes. My camera is charged so I'll try to get out there before it gets dark but sounds like White rocks or White leghorns- I'm leaning towards white rocks from what I've looked up.

If the earlobes are all red, then they are White Rocks, not White Leghorns which have white earlobes.

 

[Akrnaf2]

The ear lobe seems to me as white of some kind, am I wrong?
Did they lay eggs? What is the color of the egg shells? Leghorns lay white shelled eggs, and Rocks cream- brown shells.

 

[Michael OShay]

The ear lobe seems to me as white of some kind, am I wrong?
Did they lay eggs? What is the color of the egg shells? Leghorns lay white shelled eggs, and Rocks cream- brown shells.

The earlobes on at least some of these birds are clearly coming in red as in the pic below. This bird is unquestionably a White Rock, not a White Leghorn.

 

[Lazey]

At least one of them looks like her lobe is very light. No eggs yet- if I get any white eggs I think it'll be answered.