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ID'ing a Breed
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:09 am
by KimChick
Re: ID'ing a Breed
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:35 am
by WLLady
they look like red sex links to me....new hampshires usually have some darker in the tail....and my new hampshire girl was browner....red sex links are quite often egg laying machines
Re: ID'ing a Breed
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:54 am
by modern17
these are commercial Isa reds or Golden Comets as they were once called.. basically a commercial cross that is bred to have a body after the laying is over sort of speak... they are not so much of a breed as a culmination of a few breeds taking the best characteristics of several to make a laying machine that has use after the 18-24 month period ( lay out) . They are very common and can be purchased from many hatcheries . New Hamps are usually orangy red with black in strategic points of the body ( wings tail ect) ... several on here have posted pictures of good representations of the New Hampshire breed.
Troy
Re: ID'ing a Breed
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:36 am
by Happy
Sorry
@KimChick
Is this girl a New Hampshire? She may very well be a mix or a bad representation of the breed. I’m not sure and it doesn’t matter to me. Just curious if I can “label” her. She’s 4 months old and very close to laying from all indications. She has VERY yellow feet and she’s extremely docile.
Not great pics but the best I’ve got. She is also the current pic of the month.
Re: ID'ing a Breed
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:44 am
by KimChick
modern17 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:54 am
these are commercial Isa reds or Golden Comets as they were once called.. basically a commercial cross that is bred to have a body after the laying is over sort of speak... they are not so much of a breed as a culmination of a few breeds taking the best characteristics of several to make a laying machine that has use after the 18-24 month period ( lay out) . They are very common and can be purchased from many hatcheries . New Hamps are usually orangy red with black in strategic points of the body ( wings tail ect) ... several on here have posted pictures of good representations of the New Hampshire breed.
Troy
Ok. I had asked because they are more on the brown side compare to our red sex-links that have white in their feathers.
Re: ID'ing a Breed
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:54 am
by Killerbunny
Freys hatchery used to sell a hatchery new Hampshire. Don't see it listed now.
Re: ID'ing a Breed
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:02 am
by Ontario Chick
KimChick wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:09 am
Are these hens New Hampshire Reds? I know they must be purebred, having been purchased at $25 each.
Price doesn't denote quality, I have seen much money spent on inferior birds at auctions.
Standard bread (ie birds bread to a standard of perfection) should bring in decent money, but it isn't always the case.
There is only one rule in the poultry game, educate yourself before you buy
Re: ID'ing a Breed
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:05 am
by KimChick
Killerbunny wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:54 am
Freys hatchery used to sell a hatchery new Hampshire. Don't see it listed now.
I think these birds were purchased in early 2017, and I don't see that breed on the Frey's flyer either. I think they may have been purchased through Willows because that is the laying mash they were eating.
Re: ID'ing a Breed
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:09 am
by KimChick
Ontario Chick wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:02 am
KimChick wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:09 am
Are these hens New Hampshire Reds? I know they must be purebred, having been purchased at $25 each.
Price doesn't denote quality, I have seen much money spent on inferior birds at auctions.
Standard bread (ie birds bread to a standard of perfection) should bring in decent money, but it isn't always the case.
There is only one rule in the poultry game, educate yourself before you buy
Oh, understood. These birds were not purchased by me. They are, however, lovely docile hens, unlike our "trouble-maker", curious and vocal red sex-links.
Re: ID'ing a Breed
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:55 pm
by kenya
Modern17 knows his birds, hes an international judge after all, I'd go with whatever he says!
