At 6 or 7 weeks, can they be ID

[ManyChickies]

I am starting to get a better idea of what I have. But still very interested in any input

 

[ManyChickies]

I think...
#1 is a pulley but no clue what breed.
#2 is a Cockrell bantam
#3 is a Cockrell cinnamon queen maybe
#4 is a easter egger pullet?
#5 another Easter egger pullet?

 

[NatJ]

I am starting to get a better idea of what I have. But still very interested in any input

Where did you get them, and what were they called at the time?
That often helps figure it out.

How old are they? That helps a lot with gender guessing.
Edit: oops, I see it's in the title, 6-7 weeks.
At that age, they might all be female, or there might be some slower-maturing cockerels. Early-maturing cockerels would be very obvious by now, and I'm sure you don't have any of them.

I think...
#1 is a pulley but no clue what breed.

I can see the front of the chick, but it would be helpful to see the other parts as well.

#2 is a Cockrell bantam

#2 is female. That's a female-specific color pattern.

Can you get a clearer photo of the comb? I think it's a single comb, but I'm not quite sure.

#3 is a Cockrell cinnamon queen maybe

Cinnamon Queens are sexlinks. Females are the color of your chick, males are mostly white. So your chick could be male, or it could be a Cinnamon Queen, but it cannot be both.

#4 is a easter egger pullet?

#5 another Easter egger pullet?

I agree they are both probably pullets.
I think #5 might be a Speckled Sussex.

I'm not sure about #4. Some Easter Eggers could look like that, but some pure breeds can also look rather like that.

 

[ManyChickies]

Thank you for your input. 1 is supposed to be a golden comet or one of the variety brown egg layers.

2 was from the brown egg layer straight run barrel.

3. Was from the Same barrel as number two

4 and five were either from the Golden comet bin or the variety brown egg layer bin.

I got all the chicks from rural king.

 

[ManyChickies]

Another pic of number 1

 

[ManyChickies]

Another pic of number 1

Where did you get them, and what were they called at the time?
That often helps figure it out.

How old are they? That helps a lot with gender guessing.
Edit: oops, I see it's in the title, 6-7 weeks.
At that age, they might all be female, or there might be some slower-maturing cockerels. Early-maturing cockerels would be very obvious by now, and I'm sure you don't have any of them.


I can see the front of the chick, but it would be helpful to see the other parts as well.


#2 is female. That's a female-specific color pattern.

Can you get a clearer photo of the comb? I think it's a single comb, but I'm not quite sure.


Cinnamon Queens are sexlinks. Females are the color of your chick, males are mostly white. So your chick could be male, or it could be a Cinnamon Queen, but it cannot be both.


I agree they are both probably pullets.
I think #5 might be a Speckled Sussex.

I'm not sure about #4. Some Easter Eggers could look like that, but some pure breeds can also look rather like that.

 

[ManyChickies]

Here are a few more of number 2

 

[NatJ]

Thank you for your input. 1 is supposed to be a golden comet or one of the variety brown egg layers.

2 was from the brown egg layer straight run barrel.

3. Was from the Same barrel as number two

4 and five were either from the Golden comet bin or the variety brown egg layer bin.

I got all the chicks from rural king.

Hmm. Since they came from Rural King, they would be from one of the major hatcheries, although I don't know for sure which one.

The labels on the bins are always a good starting point for researching breeds, although of course they could be wrong (human error or chicks hopping into the wrong bin.)

#1 might be a Calico Princess or a Cinnamon Queen. I think it's going to grow up to be mostly solid red/gold in color, with black in the tail and the big wing feathers but not much black elsewhere. It looks too light to be a Rhode Island Red, and I'm not sure about New Hampshire or Production Red. It is not a Golden Comet, because of the black it has. A Golden Comet would have white in those places (like chick #3 has).

#2 does seem to have a single comb. The combination of dark legs, feather color, and coming from the "brown layer" barrel have me puzzled. It could maybe be a Gold Phoenix (which lays white or cream eggs). Or if the legs were yellow it could be a Welsummer (brown eggs) or Brown Leghorn (white eggs). There are some kinds of Easter Eggers that could look that way, although of course they would not be expected to lay brown eggs either.

#3 could be a Golden Comet female. If it's a male, it's not a Golden Comet. (It could be a female of any of the Red Sexlink types that have white tails. They are sold as Golden Comet, ISA Brown, Gold Star, and many other names as well.)

#4 might be an Easter Egger. It's making me think of a Buttercup, or a Gold Pencilled Hamburg, or a Gold Campine (but the comb is wrong for Buttercup or Hamburg, the leg color is wrong for all three, and all three lay white eggs.)

#5 I think has mottling (white dots on the tips of the feathers), and not too many chicken breeds have that. I thought it was a Speckled Sussex until I just noticed that the legs are yellow (Sussex should have white legs.) So maybe it's a Speckled Sussex with the wrong leg color, or maybe it's something else I can't think of.

For all of the confusing ones, there is a chance they are "Calico Princess" or "Rainbow" (brown-egger hybrids from Hoovers hatchery) or one of the similar kinds of hybrids sold by other hatcheries. And there is always the chance they are Easter Eggers (who of course are expected to lay blue or green eggs).