It looks to be a buff Wyandotte. I think it's unlikely that there is an old European breed with yellow legs, buff coloring and a cushion comb. Maybe, but if so I don't know it.
I think it is too early for accurate guesses. Crested breeds take longer to tell. You can send in samples to a lab if you are impatient. Otherwise I think it's going to take a while.
Crested fowl take a long time to tell gender, so I don't think there is anyway to be certain at this point. But going by the rounded crests I am guessing they are pullets. Time is the ultimate judge.
If you are impatient it is possible to send feather samples to a lab. For a price they can tell...
Sorry for Goober. It's entirely possible buff Monorca was added later, but I don't think they were in the original crosses. I'm pretty sure buff Minorcas were developed after buff Orpingtons.
Black Minorcas were used for black Orpingtons, but black and buff Orps were created using different...
There's no way to know for sure about the rooster in the original post. It's just a guess on my part that game was involved in his mix, and I know it could be off, but that is my hunch.
Your rooster is handsome! I've never heard of Minorcas being involved in buff Orpington ancestry. The...
Opinions vary. To me the longish legs, body conformation, high carriage of the tail, and prominent breast, not to mention coloring, say game is in his mix somewhere.
It probably depends somewhat on the breeds used in the mixes. I think in this case it's going to be wait and see.
I can't think of any rose comb breeds with white legs. Hamburgs and Sebrights have slate legs. I guess rose comb Dorkings have white legs, but I know of no variety of them that...
Yes, generally when a chicken has black breast feathers and a brown or red back it will turn out to be male. But there is nothing else to say male yet so it's worth waiting to see because sometimes you get odd coloring with mixed breeds like Easter eggers.