Again...a breed question: **UPDATED** NEW PICS

[faykokoWV]

have you gone back to the farm store to see where they got the chicks from? that could narrow it down for you a little. If they ordered them from a hatchery, they should be specific breeds available from that hatchery.

 

[greenthumbmama]

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Ok....I don't know why your suggestion never occurred in my own brain. Seems such a very obvious idea! Thank you so much! I'm feeling a bit lame at the moment..but I think I'm going to do just this today!!!

Thank you!

 

[greenthumbmama]

Here are some better pics of the black and white chicks....I believe they are both pullets by the way...

Chick #1
Face

Body

Chick #2
Face

Body

And just to make sure my white is a Leghorn:

Face

Body

Thanks for any help in advance!!

We did go back to the farm store and they could not help me.

 

[onthespot]

The black and white ones look like Easter Eggers with single combs, which means there is a high likelihood they will only carry the genes for brown or brown tinted or white eggs and not blue/green/olive eggs. They are both very pretty!

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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Chick 1 and Chick 2 are cockerels and the bottom pullet looks like a White Rock but Leghorn is possible.

 

[greenthumbmama]

Chick 1 and Chick 2 are cockerels and the bottom pullet looks like a White Rock but Leghorn is possible.

What makes you think they are cockerels? What is the identifier?​

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Chick 1 has not even lost all of his fuzz yet, and he is already getting a red comb. Chick 2 is in the same boat. Chick 3 is the only one lacking any red coloration, comb or wattle development.

 

[greenthumbmama]

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Ok, so any red on a chicken's head is an indicator of a cockerel? Is this breed wide? Or only specific to this breed?

 

[Sequin]

Some cockerel characteristics which can very within breeds, but tends to hold true in general across the board, are: slow to feather, early reddening and development of comb and wattles, thicker more sturdy legs. The two colored chicks appear to both be cockerels. Pretty though!

 

[greenthumbmama]

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We are very sad about this if they are indeed cockerels. We cannot have roosters in the city limits and as we are urban homesteaders, we don't want to make our neighbors mad. My daughter...even though I've warned her not to get attached yet...has been in tears since I told my kids the black and white chicks could very well be males. Those are her favorites. SIGH...the farm life is not so glamorous sometimes!