RIR eggs

[valeriebutterley]

My RIR eggs of which 11 are fertile, are hopefully cooking away nicely.
I want a couple more good egg layers to add to my flock who lay brown eggs. Have green, blue, cream and white eggs, but I do miss the brown ones, my Croads lay one brown egg, and one cream.
I'm hoping that the RIR girl chicks will have a faint bar on their heads, does anyone know if this is so?, opinion seems a bit mixed on this. I will be sad to raise more gorgeous Big Rubes and then have to dispose of them, anyone on here keep RIRs?

 

[dinosaw]

That is supposed to be the case Val but it's not meant to be wholly accurate a bit like the eyeliner test on welsummers, with them I never thought it was worth the risk of being wrong. The only way to be sure would be to vent sex them.

 

[valeriebutterley]

May have found a way to tell that someone told me of a while ago, and I've just heard of it again, now to see if there is any vestige of truth in it.

What sort of sucker am I for old wives tales?.

Tiny baby girls grow little "tails" first, while little boys have - that word again - rounded bums whilst very young.
In anticipation of this, and a successful hatch, I have ordered 10 baby pink leg rings, and 10 baby blue, 8cm; also I have Croad Langshan eggs winging their way to me on Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - hurrah!