5 Weeks Old - Pullets? Roos? - Plz Help

[Jen71]

Hi guys - I need some help.
I posted in the "pictures and stories about my chickens" forum, and it was suggested I come here. There seems to be a cloud of doubt over the gender of my girls. So I hope you guys can set me straight.

I have four 5 week old chickens.
They are not straight run. They're all supposed to be pullets, but we all know how that goes.

2 are supposedly Gingerhams.
2 are supposedly White Leghorn/New Hampshire cross - But they have black spots and one has black legs, so I am thinking maybe Australorp?

Here are some group pics:
IMAGE 1 - Left to Right: Bert, Lily, Ruby, Jessica

IMAGE 2 - Bert and Jessica at the back & Lily and Ruby at the front

Do you need more photos?
Thoughts?

 

[PunkinPeep]

I don't know what a Gingerham is, but yours look exactly like a mystery chick that i have.

I had thought that mine was a boy until my friend who has a mystery chick exactly like mine showed me her chick's enormous red comb.

I am guessing that all of yours are girls.

What is a Gingerham anyway?

 

[okiehen]

pullets
The black spots are very typical of leghorn cross birds.

 

[Jen71]

I have only heard of GingerHams from this one breeder here in Australia.
I will call them and see what she can tell me about this breed - if it is in fact a breed.

I found Hamburgs online, so maybe it's a ginger colored Hamburg?
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Hamb/BRKHamburg.html

 

[Jen71]

Does everyone agree these girls are all pullets?

 

[Pet Duck Boy]

All pullets, I think...

 

[Jen71]

I asked the breeder about Gingerhams and he said they're Isa Browns crossed with White Leghorns. They just gave them a new name because they thought it described them better.

I'm glad that's cleared up!

 

[Minniechickmama]

All girls. Could be Gingerham is whoever started developing a "breed" of whatever the cross is.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote:
I agree, I think...

 

[duknuk]

The reddish pullets are sex-links, which is a hybrid and their color shows they are female.
They lay large brown eggs. Males would be mostly white.

As for the larger white chicks with black ticking, which look like pullets to me ...
If they were smoky colored as chicks, they might be White Jersey Giants.
If they were mostly creamy white with a touch of gray as chicks, they might be White Rocks.
Either case, they will be big birds.