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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 663108" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>Around here they call them Red Sex Links, Cinnamon Queens and there are a couple other names for them. Thety are a sex linked cross between Rhode Island Red and a White Plymouth Rock. The pullets are red and the roosters are white when they hatch so hatcheries can easily sex them as soon as they see them. </p><p></p><p>As far as the class you'd show them in it would have to be a class for commercial layers-you might try the AOV class. They would be a soft feathered breed. Examples of soft and hard featherd breeds are: </p><p></p><p>Soft Feathered:</p><p>Cochins</p><p>Brahmas</p><p>Plymouth Rocks</p><p>Rhode Island Reds or Whites</p><p>New Hampshires</p><p>Leghorns</p><p>most American, Continental and Asiatic breeds except any type of Game chicken</p><p></p><p>Hard Feathered:</p><p>all game type chickens</p><p>Cornish</p><p>Aseels</p><p>Shamos</p><p>Cubalayas</p><p>these were originally bred for the pits and they have very hard, close fitting feathers. If you pick up a game chicken and compare it to a White Plymouth Rock you'll feel the difference in the feathers. The Plymouth Rock has alot more fluff and looser feathers than the Game. The Game's feathers are closer fitting to the body and they don't have all of that fluffiness underneath. They have a more wiry, rangy type body covered with coarser, closer fitting feathers for fighting. Hope that helps to explain the difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 663108, member: 440"] Around here they call them Red Sex Links, Cinnamon Queens and there are a couple other names for them. Thety are a sex linked cross between Rhode Island Red and a White Plymouth Rock. The pullets are red and the roosters are white when they hatch so hatcheries can easily sex them as soon as they see them. As far as the class you'd show them in it would have to be a class for commercial layers-you might try the AOV class. They would be a soft feathered breed. Examples of soft and hard featherd breeds are: Soft Feathered: Cochins Brahmas Plymouth Rocks Rhode Island Reds or Whites New Hampshires Leghorns most American, Continental and Asiatic breeds except any type of Game chicken Hard Feathered: all game type chickens Cornish Aseels Shamos Cubalayas these were originally bred for the pits and they have very hard, close fitting feathers. If you pick up a game chicken and compare it to a White Plymouth Rock you'll feel the difference in the feathers. The Plymouth Rock has alot more fluff and looser feathers than the Game. The Game's feathers are closer fitting to the body and they don't have all of that fluffiness underneath. They have a more wiry, rangy type body covered with coarser, closer fitting feathers for fighting. Hope that helps to explain the difference. [/QUOTE]
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