Bantam chicks

[Fayed]

I've been impatiently waiting for these little cuties to be feathered enough to determine what breed they are, I can't wait any longer to get some guesses . Thoughts on who's a roo and who's a hen would be great too. Did the best I could with pictures they weren't the most cooperative.
Chick 1

Chick 2

Chick 3 - I apparently forgot to take more pics of these last two, I'll try to get more later today.

Chick 4

 

[Alexandra33]

#1. Given it has blue legs and a rose comb, I'm thinking Silver Sebright. And a cockerel!
#2. Looks to be a Silver Laced Cochin, not terribly sure on the gender right now.
#3. Spangled OEGB, and a pullet.
#4. Mottled Cochin, cockerel.

These are adorable babies!

~Alex

 

[Fayed]

Thank you so much for your imput Alex!
Not sure about 1 being a sebright though that would make me incredibly happy . I was deffinantly thinking cockerel as well. If it helps any when he was a hatchling he was all white (not yellow) with three black stripes on his back.

Looks like I did pretty good with gender guessing, number two I had been calling a he since I got it but lately I've been thinking maybe a pullet. I have more exsperence with ducks then chickens so I wasn't going to trust my guesses alone .

As for breeds thank you, number 4 was the only one I had any idea on . I can't wait to see them completely feathered! I definitely hope you're right about number one, though not sure what I'm going to do with two cockerels ...oh get more pullets thats what I should do!

 

[Alexandra33]

You're very welcome! He's a very unusual-looking one, for sure! I considered Silver Laced Wyandotte at first, but the blue legs changed my mind. From what you describe, chick color lines with up with Sebright.
Great job on the guesses! I think time with tell on #2.
My pleasure. Exactly, more cockerels = more pullets! I like your thinking!

~Alex

 

[Fayed]

He really is! I've stalked the internet so hard trying to find a match for him and keep coming up empty, when he was a baby I was totally thinking sebright. And I'm sitting here staring at him and I just realized his feathers (besides the wings) are black with white edgeing instead of the white with black edgeing that sebrights show. (Atleast from what I've seen of young sebrights). I kept missing the fact that they are backwards. Might not figure it out for sure for quite a while yet.

Yes more pullets! I don't think my partner wants enough chickens to keep two roos happy but I'm sure he won't notice a few more >.>. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that 2 turns out to be a pullet, it would be just my luck to end up with three cockerels though.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

1. Silver Sebright likely cockerel
2. Silver Laced Cochin
3. Spangled OEGB
4. Mottled Cochin

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Please post pics of their combs at six weeks for gender.

 

[Fayed]

Thanks for posting! I do plan on posting more pics when they are a couple weeks older.

 

[Fayed]

Getting pics of 2 is a pain lol. And my phone seems to be doing terrible with fucusing but here they all are being lap chickens.

So here's 1 - cockerel
Could he be a Hamburg? Am I even spelling that right lol.


Here what I could get of 2. - Silver Laced Cochin - pullet


And updated pics of the last two for good measure , though 4 sure acts like a pullet lol. Maybe I'll get lucky and he'll supprise me.
And 3 - Spangled OEGB - pullet

And 4 - Mottled Cochin - cockerel(?)

 

[Alexandra33]

Thank you for the update! They're even more beautiful now.
#1 DOES appear to be a Silver Spangled Hamburg. Are you sure he's a bantam? There is such a thing as bantam Hamburgs, but they're rather hard to locate. Keep in mind, this breed, though still considered large fowl, is on the smaller end of the scale.

Silver Laced Cochin is a pullet, so is your OEGB, and....the Cochin? That little comb hasn't grown or reddened any. I'm actually not 100% sure it's a cockerel.

~Alex