4 week-old bantam mix-and-match!

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These are bantam chicks from Ideal/Atwood's. Other than a white Japanese roo I had as a pet, this is my first journey into owning the little ones, so I'm mildly curious about their breeds. I've set a reminder to update this thread when they're 20 weeks!

First I want to give a nod to my favorite little crew, the three that are always really excited to see me enter "the chicken room" (#2, 4, and 1). They do have names, but I know you chicken people are better with numbers

Introducing:

#1 is the most friendly. She(?) is much whiter than chicks 6 and 7 (last two pics are week 4)

#2 is no mystery to me, but super cute (and also friendly). Feathered out VERY quick in one week (second pic is week 4)

#3 has always lagged behind in growth and been a bit frizzly (second pic is week 4).

#4 loads of personality, loves to hop all over me and has no boundaries (last pic is week 4). THICK LEGS. May possibly be part emu

#5 is shy and more delicate than #4, and from a different batch. I had assumed they were the same breed because of the chipmunk stripes. But when I put the chicks side-by-side, they were different. Not sure if that's because gender or breed. Second pic is week 4 - that comb popped up out of nowhere the other day!

#6 These last two I'm curious about, they have very upright tails (second pic is week 4)

#7 The one that I stayed up all night to save when she(?) was a wee chicky (second pic is week 4).

Here are 6 and 7 together. Not friendly but not skittish. Just chicken-chickens!

And here's their baby picture (about 10 days)

Have fun

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Looks like #1 is a game hen,
#2 a black Cochin cockerel,
#3 a frizzle Cochin cockerel,
#4 is a game hen,
#5 game cockerel,
#6 I believe is a Millie fleur d'ccle, probably cockerel,
#7 looks like another game hen.

 

[JedJackson]

#6 is a black tailed buff Japanese bantam
#7 is probably a wheaten old English game bantam female

I agree that 2 and 3 are Cochins, but not completely sure about the rest of them.

 

[crowcrash]

I'm a year late, but for people who pass by this thread trying to ID their chicks, here are some of the previous chicks in juvenile plumage (the Cochin and hens). oldhenlikesdogs was mostly correct, JedJackson was correct about #6 being a Japanese rooster. I don't have pics of them all since I rehomed most of the roos early on. I eventually gave the rest to a friend, but I learned a lot about bantams!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Thank you for the update. Beautiful birds.