Another Scooby Doo mystery...

[Chooksaurus]

Can anyone give their best wager as to what these 4 are, both breed and sex? The one named Bubba seems to be a female for sure, but the other 3 are up in the air as none of them have started to crow and they are all 14-16 weeks old.


Bubba (center bird) seems to be part Barred Rock, and is between the BR and RIR in size. Pretty sure it is a hen.

Stripe has the long tail, but shows no sign of aggression, and is quite skittish. The long tail made me think possible roo. Is about 2/3 the size of the Barred Rocks, so it has some bantam in it.

Black Beauty has a long tail, but is as timid and "chicken" as they come. This one has the closest thing to a crow that we have heard, but it is more of a scared "shrieeek" when you get too close and it is trying to flee. It is about 1/2 the size of the Barred Rocks, so it has some small breed in it. The black feathers have a green and purple shimmer in the sunlight. Long tail made me think roo for a while as well. Pretty bird, just psycho.

Penguin appears to be part silkie? Acts more like a roo than the others with an upright gait, puffed chest and head bob. Has 5 toes on each black foot and a nice little "hairdo". No waddle or comb in sight, and it makes very little noise. The noise it does make sounds more like a songbird than a chicken.

Thanks in advance!

 

[nicalandia]

ALL hens....

 

[Chooksaurus]

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I hope so.

I can always pick up a roo on the cheap when we want one, but my daughter would have had to pick which ones to get rid of if we had more than one.

 

[DTchickens]

Silver laced wyandotte, could be a hen.. Need better pictures.

Maybe a EE, though i've seen a australorp like that recently so what do i know?

. Hen.

Birchen (maybe silver blue) Old english game bantams. Hen.

Silkie coss.. Hen.

 

[Chooksaurus]

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Hopefully that one works.

I noticed something on the one named Stripe today. One of the feathers on its tail is a bit longer and getting a downward bend in it. After looking at these 3 pictures, does it still look to be a hen? (Hoping it is...but to have 4/4 straight-run mixed breeds be hens would be incredibly lucky for me

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[Kev]

Yep all girls. No question about it either.

The wyandotte could be either a wyandotte mix or from hatchery stock. Hatchery stock very often have poor markings(lacing not so good- she is pretty anyways though!) type etc.

You guessed right about that one being a silkie cross or mix. Still a girl though.

 

[Goose and Fig]

The SLW looks like it has a single comb instead of a pea comb. They're all really pretty! I like Stripe the best.