What breed are these chicks? And can you tell what sex they are?

post #1 of 10

5/29/12 at 11:44am

Thread Starter

Kelciesducks

Joined: 1/2012
Posts: 29
offline

Select All Posts By This User

I got a few chicks this weekend from a gal that bought a bunch of fertile eggs and hatched them out. No clue what they are...can you help?

Mama to 3 Saxony ducks (hatched 3-26-2012), 1 White Crested Duck (hatched 4-12-2012) and a bunch of Chicken. As well as 2 goldfish, several Guppies, 2 dogs-Kneesa & Sydney (Shih tzu's), 1 Cat-Lilypad (Siamese/Ragdoll Cross),

Reply

Mama to 3 Saxony ducks (hatched 3-26-2012), 1 White Crested Duck (hatched 4-12-2012) and a bunch of Chicken. As well as 2 goldfish, several Guppies, 2 dogs-Kneesa & Sydney (Shih tzu's), 1 Cat-Lilypad (Siamese/Ragdoll Cross),

Reply

post #2 of 10

5/29/12 at 11:46am

aoxa

Location: Shediac Cape NB, Canada
Joined: 8/2011
Posts: 15,059
My Coop
offline

Select All Posts By This User

Some of them appear to have polish in them.. I would have said silkie, but their skin is light, and only one has feathered feet...

They are all mixes though.

How old are they?

The first one looks to be a pullet, second iffy, third picture (one on left) could be a boy - one beside him is a pullet. Last picture - one at the left bottom is a pullet (I actually have a similar mix

LES Farms

Currently breeding Silkies in White and Blue. Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

Visit our COOP Page!

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

Reply

LES Farms

Currently breeding Silkies in White and Blue. Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

Visit our COOP Page!

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

Reply

post #3 of 10

5/29/12 at 11:50am

Thread Starter

Kelciesducks

Joined: 1/2012
Posts: 29
offline

Select All Posts By This User

no clue how old they are...no wonder the lady just gave them to me. It will be interesting to see how they all turn out. lol

Mama to 3 Saxony ducks (hatched 3-26-2012), 1 White Crested Duck (hatched 4-12-2012) and a bunch of Chicken. As well as 2 goldfish, several Guppies, 2 dogs-Kneesa & Sydney (Shih tzu's), 1 Cat-Lilypad (Siamese/Ragdoll Cross),

Reply

Mama to 3 Saxony ducks (hatched 3-26-2012), 1 White Crested Duck (hatched 4-12-2012) and a bunch of Chicken. As well as 2 goldfish, several Guppies, 2 dogs-Kneesa & Sydney (Shih tzu's), 1 Cat-Lilypad (Siamese/Ragdoll Cross),

Reply

post #4 of 10

5/29/12 at 11:58am

akcountrygrrl

Location: Nenana, AK
Joined: 4/2010
Posts: 2,020
offline

Select All Posts By This User

One looks to be a Faverolle cross (3rd and 4th pics reddish color with extra toes, lightly feathered legs, light colored skin, and looks like it might have a beard/muff). The one next to it in both pics looks like a Silkie cross (reddisih with crest, feathered legs, and dark skin). The first two pics look like Polish crosses. The little one in front on the 4th pic I would say is an OEGB or OEGB cross pullet.

Reply

post #5 of 10

5/30/12 at 4:47am

aoxa

Location: Shediac Cape NB, Canada
Joined: 8/2011
Posts: 15,059
My Coop
offline

Select All Posts By This User

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelciesducks

no clue how old they are...no wonder the lady just gave them to me. It will be interesting to see how they all turn out. lol

Free chickens are free chickens! Can't complain about that

At least you have some pullets.

They look between 8 - 12 weeks. Not very old.

LES Farms

Currently breeding Silkies in White and Blue. Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

Visit our COOP Page!

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

Reply

LES Farms

Currently breeding Silkies in White and Blue. Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

Visit our COOP Page!

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

Reply

post #6 of 10

5/30/12 at 4:48am

aoxa

Location: Shediac Cape NB, Canada
Joined: 8/2011
Posts: 15,059
My Coop
offline

Select All Posts By This User

Quote:

Originally Posted by akcountrygrrl

One looks to be a Faverolle cross (3rd and 4th pics reddish color with extra toes, lightly feathered legs, light colored skin, and looks like it might have a beard/muff). The one next to it in both pics looks like a Silkie cross (reddisih with crest, feathered legs, and dark skin). The first two pics look like Polish crosses. The little one in front on the 4th pic I would say is an OEGB or OEGB cross pullet.

I don't see any with more than 4 toes

LES Farms

Currently breeding Silkies in White and Blue. Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

Visit our COOP Page!

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

Reply

LES Farms

Currently breeding Silkies in White and Blue. Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

Visit our COOP Page!

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

Reply

post #7 of 10

5/30/12 at 6:30pm

akcountrygrrl

Location: Nenana, AK
Joined: 4/2010
Posts: 2,020
offline

Select All Posts By This User

Quote:

Originally Posted by aoxa

I don't see any with more than 4 toes

In the last pic, the reddish chick on the left has 5 toes on each foot/leg.

Reply

post #8 of 10

5/30/12 at 6:37pm

speckledhen
Intentional Solitude

Location: N. Georgia Mtns.
Joined: 2/2007
Posts: 64,013
offline

Select All Posts By This User

I had three crossbreed hens with Silkie in them (sire was Cochin/Silkie and mother was Barred Rock). They did not have feathered legs nor black skin and all were four toed. Yours could have Silkie or Polish, judging from the modified poufy heads on some of them. Hard to say with mixed breeds.

~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

Truth Above Tradition

Speckledhen's Ten Commandments of Good Flock Management

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

Reply

~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

Truth Above Tradition

Speckledhen's Ten Commandments of Good Flock Management

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

Reply

post #9 of 10

5/31/12 at 5:25am