Any idea what breeds these are?

Kweddle

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We just got 10 new chicks and need help identifying them. They were all mixed together and we got 3 barred rock we are certain on. But we have 7 have feathers on their feet. Any ideas?
 

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Are any roosters? The store clerk had no idea. I’m new to these breeds
There's no good way* to tell at this age.

Almost everyone just raises the chicks for a few weeks. Around 4-6 weeks it is possible to make reasonable guesses about the gender of most chicks. A few breeds, and a few individual chickens of other breeds, keep people guessing for months and months, but that's not too common.

So I would recommend you post updated pictures in about 6 weeks, and you've got a good chance of getting some answers at that point.


*Clarification of that "no good way to tell":
--trained vent-sexers at the hatchery can tell (but we don't know whether they checked your chicks and only sent females to the store, or whether they sent a mixed batch to the store.)
--a few specific kinds of chicks are bred to have different colors on males vs. females when they hatch (but your chicks are not any of those kinds.)
--DNA testing is possible
https://orders.iqbirdtesting.com/order-bird-dna-test/
(but you'd have to take a blood or feather sample from each chick, send it off, pay the lab, wait for the results, and then know which chick had contributed which sample. In most cases, it's not worth doing all that when the answer will become obvious in a month or two.)
 
Based on your description, the chicks with feathers on their feet are likely to be one of several breeds known for this characteristic.
 

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