18 mos. birds (?) Possible Leghorns, Golden Comets, and something else? Gender? Also a bonus questio

[coffeeshopgirl7]

Responded to a craigslist advert for 25 laying hens, free. The owner claims they are 18 months old but I don't know if that's true. When we were given the birds there were 28 in all, 2 roosters (?), and a funny looking one. The owner said they were given to him and he had no idea of the breed, only that he was getting about 12 eggs per day. I've been getting 17-22 and based upon their appetites when I got them I don't think he was feeding them properly. I gave them some treats to inspire stillness for pictures (yeah, right). I'd greatly appreciate anything anyone can tell me regarding breed and gender.

I kinda thought this one was male, until I caught Oscar sitting on a nest today.


Oscar



We have a handful of these red (brown?) ones. They are bigger than the others.








The majority of the flock are these speckled ones.




There are two that look like this and we assumed they were the roosters, but I'd expect them to look a little more mature at 18 mos. Was told he looks like a Leg'rn (presumably Leghorn, spoken by an old-timer).


Bonus question: What kind of chicken is this?


Most of the flock from afar.



I can attempt some more detailed pictures if there is something I missed.

 

[thebanthams]

Wow I will take all of them ! some are white leghorns, and some are mixed I do see some roosters, they all look young and healthy to me. hope someone else will help because I dont have those kind of breeds.

 

[DeepFried]

They all look like hen (at least the ones shown close up, I did noy see any saddle or neck feathers)... except for the, uh... unique one. I think you will hear a "quack" instead of a cluck.

 

[ChickMagnet207]

White leghorn ,maybe buff leghorn, white ones with red ears probably white rock. reddish white ones red sex links.

 

[ChickMagnet207]

I would say all hens

 

[ChickMagnet207]

If they still have yellow legs they are pullets. are you getting a ton of eggs?

 

[coffeeshopgirl7]

If they still have yellow legs they are pullets. are you getting a ton of eggs?

I am getting a good amount, between 17-22 per day. The eggs are regular, not small and deformed like new layers sometimes have. I did get a few wonky ones when they first started laying again after being moved, but now they are all normal sized. I should probably add that nobody ever crows out there.

 

[donrae]

I don't see any roosters there. Not at that age, especially.
Boy, it'd sure be nice to know where they came from, but I'm thinking you have a lot of mixes there. Those "speckeled" birds don't look like anything pure. They almost look like they had some lacing a generation or so back, but the most common laced layers are wyandottes and your birds look to have straight combs. Almost wonder if they're sex link x sex link crosses, maybe more than one generation. I was wondering that about your brown/red hens also, if they were second generation sex link breedings.

Oscar--buff bird with white earlobes--my first thought was buff mincora but the color is off and I'm not sure the shape is right. Probably a mix, also, with some leghorn. Do you know if she layed a white egg?

Most of your white birds look like rocks, but one looks light enough to be a leghorn. White eggs is leghorn, brown is rock.

They look like a fantastic laying flock, and what a great deal! Now, you can bring in a roo or two if you want and hatch out more layers..........no, I'm not an enabler at all!


ps--I was shocked to learn it's actually spelled Leghorn. How I was raised, they're Leggerns