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I have a very strange looking mixed breed cockerel. He is part of a batch of eggs that hatched on May 8, 2017. He is about half the size of the other 13 chickens in the flock and seems to be a silkie/frizzle mix. He's very lacking in the feather department and in general just looks "mangy". Up...

Can anybody tell me what this chicken might be? Gender and breed? As you can see, it's much smaller than all of the others, it has feathered legs, what looks like a rose comb, 5 toes, a mix of what looks like silkie and frizzle feathers, and this week it's face turned red. They're about 11 weeks...

I've been visiting backyardchickens.com for advice since the day I brought my babies home 2 months ago. I teach preschool and we hatched eggs at the end of the year as a learning experiment. We got the eggs from the local feed store owner, who has a large flock of bantams and other mixed breeds...