A month later and I'm even more clueless. Black and white has what I believe is called a spangled pattern, but no spangled breeds look like (him?). Still clueless about the buff as well. I suppose they could just be mixed breeds.
My niece's class hatched some chicks and I am now the lucky recipient of two of them. I know its hard, but just curious if the breed jumps out at anyone. The black and white one has a pretty wide comb (rose?). They don't appear to be bantams.