Welcome!! You've picked a great breed.
I can't answer your question, but click this link and ask over there too. It's another oegb thread, and seems to be a little more active. Hopefully someone can help you on one or the other...
They are online, can't find my link at the moment. There's also a huge book, dedicated just to the breed. It's an ancient breed.
Got any better pics? Full side views? Looks interesting
Cute chicks!
The very first pic resembles a golden sebright to me. The pics in post #3 look like a female silver duckwing OEGB. Other than those, I'm not much help. Do any have feathered legs? Legs are helpful identifiers on chicks. Some breeds should have yellow, some slate, etc, so it can help...
http://www.poultrysupply.com/poultry/breeds.html has pretty good pics of colors. He does look chocolate to me, but she doesn't really. Chocolate seems to be getting popular in many breeds now. Pretty birds though!
Very pretty! Love the lemon blue too. I think lemon might be my next flavor!
By the way, here is another OEGB thread you might enjoy.... (it seems to be a little more active sometimes, and has lots of great pics)...
There are many threads here about aggressive males, and many suggestions on dealing with them. Any male "can" get aggressive. Sometimes its just certain times of year, usually when the hens are most actively wanting to mate, before they go broody, or when a male has too few hens, they tend to...