What breed are my chickens?

[Sylviaanne]

Ok, I know I have a Crested Polish rooster, can't mistake him for anything else but what are the rest of my flock?
#1 Red hen. This one did not come from Alan at Heartland. Production Red?

#2 Red rooster, I think he's Ameraucana. I edited to add that this one did come from Alan. Welsummer Roo?


#3 Black hen. Black Australorp?


#4 Easter Egger? Salmon Faverolle?

#4 She wouldn't be still, she has what looks like a beard and feathery feet.


#5 White Splash - Easter Egger? or Ameraucana?

#5 This hen has puffy cheeks.


#6 White Splash - Easter Egger? or Ameraucana?

#6

#6 I had to chase this hen around.


#7 Everyone agrees this is a BO. I think this hen is a Buff Orpington. I don't know how I'm going to protect her and her babies once they have hatched. If she viciously protects her eggs and she does, how will I catch her and her babies to put them some where safe?


I have one more hen but she seems to be missing, I can't find her. We do have a sneaky predator around here but I'm hoping she is just hiding somewhere or maybe brooding on a nest we haven't found yet. I will start a new thread for the chicks I have.
#8 (This one has been identified as an EE)This one is the missing hen, I'm pretty sure I kept track of her breed because she was such an unusual color as she grew. I call her my little eagle but I'm pretty sure she's Ameraucana. She has a bald spot on her back from the roosters.

 

[subhanalah]

If Australorps are supposed to have white legs then I think your #3 is possibly a Black Sex Link. I have both from separate suppliers. Am I on the right track with that?

australorps should have black legs and white/pink soles of their feet
3 looks like an australorp pullet to me

 

[subhanalah]

Then I stand corrected. Thank you.

all these black birds. ..it's hard to keep them straight!

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

What Subhanalah says is right. There is always so much to learn. I think you will find that most of us have experience or special knowledge in one or a few areas. But who can know everything about everything?
I have several breeds I am quite familiar with, if i'm out of my realm of experience I wait to see what others have to say and try to learn from their experience.

Regarding the "Puffy Cheeks", this is an Ameracauna trait. An easter egger is basically an Ameracauna chicken that does not conform totally to the Ameracauna breed standard, so it is kind of a catch all for non standard chickens that have greenish legs(the green legs is a must). But you don't see a lot of EE chicks with very puffy cheeks, at least not around here. So congrats! Those chickens look great! I love the trait. True Ameracauas are hard to find. I can't find them around here. I would have to travel quite a distance to get some.

Just a correction: An Easter Egger is a bird that carries the blue egg gene but does not conform to any breed standard. They could have Ameraucana in their lineage, they could have Araucana in their lineage, they could have Legbar in them, they could be purebred Ameraucana that don't meet the standard. It doesn't matter what they look like, it doesn't matter what color their legs are (LOTS of EEs don't have willow legs) all that matters is that they lay a blue or green egg or carry that gene (if they're a roo).

Since the blue egg gene is closely located to pea combs and puffy cheeks on the chromosome, most EEs have those. Since slate legs (required for an Ameraucana) crossed with yellow legs gives willow legs, lots of EEs have them. But it doesn't matter what the bird looks like; if she lays a blue or green egg, she's an EE. If she does not, she's something else (including a regular mutt instead of a mutt with a fancy name).

 

[mlrod1914]

Would you be so kind as to number them for us. I don't want to mistake multiple pics of the same bird for multiple birds. I can identify some of these but I will have to wait on others to tell us the rest.

 

[fshinggrl]

The white hens (2) appear to be Easter Eggers with the puffy cheeks. I suspect that the reddish hen that is right above the white hens is an EE as well. Looks like the black hen is a Black Australorp. (sorry, my answers are not following your order of photos). The broody hen (laying on eggs) does appear like a Buff Orpington. She might do an awesome job protecting her chicks once they hatch. My broodies were fierce! No issues.

Nice group of chickens you have!

 

[Sylviaanne]

The white hens (2) appear to be Easter Eggers with the puffy cheeks. I suspect that the reddish hen that is right above the white hens is an EE as well. Looks like the black hen is a Black Australorp. (sorry, my answers are not following your order of photos). The broody hen (laying on eggs) does appear like a Buff Orpington. She might do an awesome job protecting her chicks once they hatch. My broodies were fierce! No issues.

Nice group of chickens you have!

Thank you. I kind of like them. LOL Sylvia

 

[BantamLover21]

Both white birds look like white/splash Easter Eggers or possibly White/Splash Ameraucanas. Your black bird is probably a Black Australorp. The red hen is a production red, the broody hen is a Buff Orpington, and the muffed/feather footed bird is a Salmon Faverolle. I'm not sure what your rooster is.

 

[Sylviaanne]

I went back in and numbered them.

 

[Wyandottes7]

Ok, I know I have a Crested Polish rooster, can't mistake him for anything else but what are the rest of my flock?
#1 "Production Red" (hatchery red bird).

#2 Might be a Welsummer. Not an Ameraucana- they should have ear muffs, a pea comb, and blue legs.


#3 Black Australorp.



#4 Salmon Faverolle.

#5 Splash Ameraucana or Easter Egger.


#6White Ameraucana.


#7 Buff Orpington.


I have one more hen but she seems to be missing, I can't find her. We do have a sneaky predator around here but I'm hoping she is just hiding somewhere or maybe brooding on a nest we haven't found yet. I will start a new thread for the chicks I have.