New and need help identifying sexes and breeds

[gizzard73]

Hi all!

I recently purchased seven chicks and its probably still a bit early to confirm sexes and breeds for sure but I'd appreciate any help you could provide on this!

I know at least two chicks are not the breed we thought we bought, I now suspect they are Olive Eggers. The others I think match the breed we were sold.

I VERY MUCH suspect at least one of the Unknowns/Olive Eggers is a Roo. I would like to know if any of the others look like Roos too. They're not all the same age, the Unknown/Olive Eggers and the Speckled Sussexes are probably a few weeks older than the Dominique, True Green Whiting, and Buff Orpington.

1. Potential Olive Egger A. I think she's 4-6 weeks old and I think she's female.

2. Potential Olive Egger B. I think he's 4-6 weeks old and I think he's a Roo.

3. Speckled Sussex A. I think she's about 6 weeks old and I think she's female.

4. Speckled Sussex B. I think she's 4-6 weeks old and I think she's female.

5. Buff Orpington. I think she's 2-4 weeks old and I think she's female.

6. Dominique. I think she's 2-4 weeks old and I think she's female.

7. True Green Whiting. I think she's 2-4 weeks old and I think she's female.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

I think 1 is your sussex, it's got the sussex coloring (I've noticed a general trend of the white chest patch on teen chicks!) Looks like a pullet for now

2 possibly olive egger?* Cockerel

3. I think the legs are the wrong color for sussex, can you see what kind of comb it has?

4. Looks like it's got a beard and a pea comb so not a sussex, probably an EE or olive egger* I'm thinking cockerel due to the wideness of the comb

5. The feathers look white to me... Can you get photos of it in natural sun / natural light?

6. Looks about right for a Dominique, I'm iffy on gender

7. Many breeds come in this color*

*What breeds did you order? And from where?

 

[HappyClucker7]

#1 is a Sussex pullet
#2 is maybe an OE. Definitely a boy though.
#3 not positive on breed, but I don't think it's a Sussex. She is a pullet though.
#4 definitely not a Sussex. I'm thinking EE or OE. I'm going to say pullet.
#5 I don't think this one is a Buff Orp. The feathers look too white. Also, the comb is looking a little big, and I think I see wattles, which makes me think it might be a boy. More pictures in natural light would be helpful.
#6 is a Dominique. The comb is getting red already, so I'm leaning towards cockerel. Post more pics in a few weeks.
#7 I'm not convinced it's a whiting true green. There are lots of different breeds that look like that. Post some more pics in a few weeks when it has more feathers. This one looks like a girl.

 

[Bonnie in western WA]

For sexing, I watched a Discover TV show that showed what the commercial hatcheries do. As chicks, spread out a wing and look at the length of the feathers. If they are long short long short, it's a female. If they are all long, it's a male. The farm store I got my chicks from said they pay extra to have them sexed before they are shipped to them, but I had the employee check the wings and I rejected some (I'll never know if those rejected were hens). I'll see eventually what mine turned out to be.

 

[Painted Calls]

For sexing, I watched a Discover TV show that showed what the commercial hatcheries do. As chicks, spread out a wing and look at the length of the feathers. If they are long short long short, it's a female. If they are all long, it's a male. The farm store I got my chicks from said they pay extra to have them sexed before they are shipped to them, but I had the employee check the wings and I rejected some (I'll never know if those rejected were hens). I'll see eventually what mine turned out to be.

This only works on certain crosses.

 

[HappyClucker7]

For sexing, I watched a Discover TV show that showed what the commercial hatcheries do. As chicks, spread out a wing and look at the length of the feathers. If they are long short long short, it's a female. If they are all long, it's a male. The farm store I got my chicks from said they pay extra to have them sexed before they are shipped to them, but I had the employee check the wings and I rejected some (I'll never know if those rejected were hens). I'll see eventually what mine turned out to be.

Wing sexing does not work on all chicks. Only certain crosses.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Right off the bat some of the breeds are definitely off. Where are they from? Also as for sexing, they're a bit too young, so I just listed who I believe are early blooming cockerels
1-Speckled Sussex
2-Probably Olive Egger? Definitely a cockerel
3/4- honestly look like Russian Orloffs. If hatchery doesn't carry, then they're eggers of some sort
5-might be an egger, might be an Amberlink
6-Dominique and likely cockerel
7-Might be the Whiting True Green, but many breeds have similar appearances

 

[gizzard73]

Thanks everyone!! This is really helpful.

So just to clarify I purchased them from a feed store where they were pulled out of boxes.

#1 and 2 were supposed to be Crevecoeur pullets, but I quickly realized they were not. There was one other breed in that bin and I can't remember what it was, so OE was a guess.

#3 and 4 were supposed to be Speckled Sussex pullets. They came out of the same bin, but that bin definitely had one other breed in it.

#5 and #7 came out of the same bin with #5 supposed to be a buff orpington pullet and #7 a True Green Whiting pullet.

#6 came out of a bin that only had Dominique pullets.

I've attached some more photos! I took these outside in natural light so the colors should be better represented.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I stand by my guesses

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

I think 5 might be a red sex link, although it's awfully light. Not a buff orpington though