Any ideas on breed?

[3KillerBs]

Wanted to do a 3 1/2 week update!

That little Cuckoo boy is adorable!

 

[Cinnamon11]

That little Cuckoo boy is adorable!

Thank you! It’s a bummer he’s a roo because I can’t have them where I live

 

[Cinnamon11]

Babies are almost 6 weeks!

 

[NatJ]

Babies are almost 6 weeks!

They're looking good!

I bought 3 chicks at a local feed store yesterday and they weren’t exactly sure of this little blue chicks breed. One of the people working there said lavender Orpington and another said blue australorp. There were also EEs, olive eggers, RIRs, sex links, and polish if that helps. Just wanted to see if anyone had any guesses! Thanks!

The blue one might be a Blue Australorp, or maybe a Blue Sexlink (sometimes called Sapphire Gem). I'm pretty sure she is blue, not lavender.

The red one looks like a Rhode Island Red to me. There's a chance of her being a red sexlink, but most Red Sexlinks have white in the tail and wings where RIR (and your chick) have black.

I'm not sure about the breed of the black-and-white male. He could possibly be Cuckoo Maran or Barred Rock (I can't see foot color well enough to distinguish), or he could be an Olive Egger, or maybe something else yet. Since you've said you cannot keep him, figuring out the exact breed may not be very important.

 

[Cinnamon11]

They're looking good!


The blue one might be a Blue Australorp, or maybe a Blue Sexlink (sometimes called Sapphire Gem). I'm pretty sure she is blue, not lavender.

The red one looks like a Rhode Island Red to me. There's a chance of her being a red sexlink, but most Red Sexlinks have white in the tail and wings where RIR (and your chick) have black.

I'm not sure about the breed of the black-and-white male. He could possibly be Cuckoo Maran or Barred Rock (I can't see foot color well enough to distinguish), or he could be an Olive Egger, or maybe something else yet. Since you've said you cannot keep him, figuring out the exact breed may not be very important.

Thank you so much! I’m going to keep him until he starts crowing because I have a hen who I was 90% sure was a roo along with people on here saying roo and she turned out a hen so keeping fingers crossed but not having high hopes! I’m excited to see how they look when there all grown up!

 

[Cinnamon11]

Babies aren’t really babies anymore and are 7 1/2 weeks! Olive (or Oliver) has grown his long pretty tail feathers so is for sure a boy any ideas on all their breeds now that they are older?

 

[NatJ]

any ideas on all their breeds now that they are older?

I'm thinking the same as I did with the 6-week update (about 3 posts ago).

They're looking good!

 

[Cinnamon11]

I'm thinking the same as I did with the 6-week update (about 3 posts ago).

They're looking good!

Thank you! I’m so happy with how pretty they are!

 

[Cinnamon11]

The babies are 9 weeks old and Oliver had his first crow a few days ago I’m sad he’s a rooster but our friends who have a great setup on there orchard with 8 hens to himself offered to take him so he’ll go there when he gets bigger and I’ll get to see him still! Are the other two looking like pullets?

 

[NatJ]

Are the other two looking like pullets?

They still look female to me.