Any guesses on breed of these 2?

[TxChickieFan]

The backstory...we had a RSL hide a nest from us, and we didn't find her until she'd been setting for a week, so we let her continue. However, at around day 14, a cold front was coming in with storms (this was late last October). We tried to move her and her nest to a more protected place, but she didn't want to set on her new nest. So I put the eggs in an incubator, and a week later the chicks in the pic below hatched. Most of the eggs looked like hers, but some of our other hens had contributed because one was green, which the hen above (Puffy) came from. At the time we had a BR roo and a Buff Orpington roo.

In the 2nd pic below, Puffy is staring at the camera. Of the 5 black chicks, 2 were cockerels and 3 were pullets. Puffy is the only one I can identify, lol.

 

[TxChickieFan]

I was trying to figure out feather-sexing when these chicks hatched (without knowing anything about fast and slow feathering traits), and took these pics of Puffy at the time also.

 

[sunnie7]

I was trying to figure out feather-sexing when these chicks hatched (without knowing anything about fast and slow feathering traits), and took these pics of Puffy at the time also.

Looks a whole lot like mine.....hummmmm maybe there’s a chance it’s not a rooster

 

[TxChickieFan]

And these are group shots at 11 days old...outside in the coop during the day, and then back in the house for the night (exhausted because it was their first day playing outside all day, lol).

Puffy is the farthest right black chick in the pic taken out in the coop.

Of the 14 chicks, the boy/girl split was this:
2 buffs--1 boy, 1 girl
5 black--2 boys, 3 girls
7 white--3 boys, 4 girls

 

[sunnie7]

And these are group shots at 11 days old...outside in the coop during the day, and then back in the house for the night (exhausted because it was their first day playing outside all day, lol).

Puffy is the farthest right black chick in the pic taken out in the coop.

Of the 14 chicks, the boy/girl split was this:
2 buffs--1 boy, 1 girl
5 black--2 boys, 3 girls
7 white--3 boys, 4 girls

thank so much for sharing!!! This is only our second time hatching chicks and I have a lot to learn about genetics but I love my mixed breeds I think they are so fun to see how they turn out! Now I have an EE rooster and I got mixed eggs from 2 friends so It’s going to be very interesting!!! I hatched some Lavender Orpington and Black Cooper Marans too. I never dreamed my hatch would be as successful as it was! I have lots to choose from before my friends come pick theirs out!

 

[BigFuzzball]

At such a young age, my best 'guess' would be Black Australorp

 

[TheOddOneOut]

And these are group shots at 11 days old...outside in the coop during the day, and then back in the house for the night (exhausted because it was their first day playing outside all day, lol).

Puffy is the farthest right black chick in the pic taken out in the coop.

Of the 14 chicks, the boy/girl split was this:
2 buffs--1 boy, 1 girl
5 black--2 boys, 3 girls
7 white--3 boys, 4 girls

How do you know the genders?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

At such a young age, my best 'guess' would be Black Australorp

They are mixes, btw. All from a mixed flock.

 

[TxChickieFan]

How do you know the genders?

We kept them until they got older, lol. This was the only group we hatched last fall...and maybe I'm a little OCD about my chicks? Here's the same group at about 6 weeks old, when it started to become obvious for some of them.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

We kept them until they got older, lol. This was the only group we hatched last fall...and maybe I'm a little OCD about my chicks? Here's the same group at about 6 weeks old, when it started to become obvious for some of them.

Oh. Wait, I’m so confused.