Rhode Island Whites???? What gender????

[chicknfishn]

So I bought hatching eggs at an auction and I ended up with 1 Rhode Island Red chick and a bunch of I don't know what they ares. Since they were supposed to be Rhode Island Reds I am wondering if they were running their Rhode Island Reds with Rhode Island Whites. The first picture with 3, the far left is a rooster for sure. HUGE feet and legs, double the other twos size. The one on the left is a pullet and the one isn the middle is a what???? They are all the same age and hatched at the same time. Can 2 roos really be that different in maturing even within the same breed?

Picture 2 the pullet and the other pullet or Roo? Side by side.
Picture 3 The pullet showing her markings on her wings.
Picture 4 The chicks that hatched from these not RIR eggs.

Also what do you people think the breed may be. the 2 roos are completely white and the pullet is white with some light brown on her wings. I also am inclluding a pictue of some of the other chicks from the hatch. these 3 were mistaken for Light Sussex for a while so are not in the baby chick pictures, however they would have been a yellow chick.

 

[sweeterdeeter42]

Just something interesting that I found about Rhode Island Whites:

"The crossing of a Rhode Island Red and a Rhode Island White will result in Red Sex-Link offspring, meaning offspring that can be sexed by down color alone at hatch. Males are white, females are red."

 

[Chris09]

There not Rhode Island Whites.
Rhode Island Whites have a Rose Comb not a Single Comb.

Edited to add -
There not even a Rhode Island Red/Rhode Island White cross

Chris

 

[spikennipper]

Can't help on the breeds but in the first pic the bird in the middle looks to be a pullet, can you tell me how old they are? defo roo on far left and pullet on right.

 

[chicknfishn]

They are about 3 and a half months old. When I didn't get RIR chicks I thought that perhaps they were a sex link. I still do not know. At this point I am even surprised that I got one RIR chick. Now I have a dependable supplier of RIR eggs. I just do not understand why someone would lie about hatching eggs. Its not like these brought a higher price than any other breeds hatching eggs.

The roo in the picture his legs and feet are enormous but the unknown one does have a bit of a comb and is a tad red. Are some laying breeds harder to sex than others? Well except for silkies which I do have.

Thanks everyone!!

 

[stormylady]

in the 2nd pic. Boy , and a girl. Are they all the same age?

 

[chicknfishn]

Yes all three of them are the same age and that is what is throwing me about the onein the middle.

 

[Illia]

I see two boys and a girl.



Also, sorry, those aren't Rhode Island Whites, nor are they crosses of RIW and RIR. Rhode Island Whites are extremely rare, and I mean extremely, and don't have red on them nor do they have single combs.

They do look kinda like sex links though.