What breed are my pullets?

[chickenlover0805]

Looks like RIR, how old are they?

We got them from TSC on May 19th, so they're about 13 weeks

 

[DragonflyAcres]

We got them from TSC on May 19th, so they're about 13 weeks

I have an 11 week old RIR pullet that looks about the same.... She is small but she's a boss lady, she is clearly the top of the pecking order in the group of 4 she was raised with. I knew from day 1 she was a sassy little mama!

 

[chickenlover0805]

I have an 11 week old RIR pullet that looks about the same.... She is small but she's a boss lady, she is clearly the top of the pecking order in the group of 4 she was raised with. I knew from day 1 she was a sassy little mama!

We started out with 25 pullets with 4 different breeds, all 10 of the RIR pullets survived. We now have 22 pullets. Red chickens are tough.

 

[DragonflyAcres]

This is her on the day she arrived. Giving me the stinkeye. She was the boss and she knew it. First to try, do, eat, and explore everything.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Hatchery quality Rhode Island Red. Incase you do not know what hatchery quality means, it essentially means poor quality. Hatcheries breed for quantity over quality, and Rhode Island Reds are some of the most poorly bred in hatcheries, resulting in lightened feathers and wrong body shape. They are supposed to be dark mahogany but the hatchery quality ones are much lighter and more dull, as well as commonly having leakage.

 

[chickenlover0805]

This is her on the day she arrived. Giving me the stinkeye. She was the boss and she knew it. First to try, do, eat, and explore everything.

Such a cutie

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Yep! RIRs. Above comment is correct about them not being "show quality", however that means nothing if all you want is some backyard cuties. Lovely girls!

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Yep! RIRs. Above comment is correct about them not being "show quality", however that means nothing if all you want is some backyard cuties. Lovely girls!

Yep! I am not trying to degrade the chickens by any means, they cannot help what they look like and their appearance does not really matter for pets. I am just telling that they should not be used for any show-quality breeding efforts if you would be interested in that one day.