5 week old chicks - opinions on gender and breed, please

[ZazasMom]

What breeds does the breeder have?

I really have to ask him again for the full list, he hasn't gotten back to me yet...

 

[ZazasMom]

I think they're both boys, but I have no idea on the breeds. Does the second one have a buttercup style comb?

I thought it looked closest to a pea comb, but I'm confused by the shape, too. I ruled out buttercup when I read that this means it's a Buttercup breed, and the chick didn't look like that to me.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

I thought it looked closest to a pea comb, but I'm confused by the shape, too. I ruled out buttercup when I read that this means it's a Buttercup breed, and the chick didn't look like that to me.

Well, wouldn't necessarily rule it out if they're mixed...but I don't know how the genetics work for it. It does seem to have a center column, though sparse...so you might be right about pea.

The first one might be a Jersey Gem. It's a sex linked breed though and I can't find examples of both sexes. I don't know where my glasses are right now...had a super hard nap earlier.

The second one might be some kinda Easter Egger but they're definitely not an Ameraucana. They appear to have a slight crest, which makes me wonder if they're the kind made using Legbar.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I thought it looked closest to a pea comb, but I'm confused by the shape, too. I ruled out buttercup when I read that this means it's a Buttercup breed, and the chick didn't look like that to me.

A comb like that can also be produced form a V-comb x single comb breeding. Breeds like polish, sultans, and la fleches have V-combs.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

A comb like that can also be produced form a V-comb x single comb breeding. Breeds like polish, sultans, and la fleches have V-combs.

Can probably rule out La Fleche. Those suckers are pretty much impossible to find in the US. I'd think Polish was the most likely suspect if this is a cross breeding type situation, though Houdans, Crevecouers, and Sultans are a possibility (pretty much in that order, I'd think based on the utility of those breeds).

 

[InterestingChickens]

Pullets.

 

[NatJ]

my breeder says they're purebreds.

I really have to ask him again for the full list, he hasn't gotten back to me yet...

Have you tried sending the pictures to the breeder?
If he has separate breeding pens of each breed, then he should be able to recognize what these are, probably quite easily.

If he really means that the parents are pure breeds and they've been allowed to cross, then he might not know which ones crossed to produce these chicks.

 

[ZazasMom]

Thank you so much everyone! I will get in touch with the breeder and update here.
I’d be surprised if there are any crosses, but I don’t know a thing about breeding
We will bring all cockerels back to the breeder, and he will rehome them, so I want to make sure I’m returning the right ones, haha!

Any more votes for pullets??

 

[Chicken-Maniac]

Thank you so much everyone! I will get in touch with the breeder and update here.
I’d be surprised if there are any crosses, but I don’t know a thing about breeding
We will bring all cockerels back to the breeder, and he will rehome them, so I want to make sure I’m returning the right ones, haha!

Any more votes for pullets??

Not very experienced, but I think they are both pullets.

 

[ZazasMom]

I got a reply from the breeder, and he says Chick 1 is a Speckled Sussex, and Chick 2 looks like a Black Jersey Giant, but when I sent the close up of the comb, he said it's a split rose comb, and called it interesting... Not so sure if this helps at all. Perhaps I misunderstood him at first, when he said they don't do barnyard mixes, which I thought meant they'd be pure breeds. Either way, I don't mind if they're not pure breeds, I just thought it might help to sex them... And now I'm really excited to see what that comb grows into - so please please let it be a girl