Black pullets?

[21hens-incharge]

I would think that she just has a large comb than and not worry.

 

[HenHouse10C]

Featherwise, to me, s(he?) looks the same as the other two. The same shape wings and tail. And she's smaller than the bearded black girl. Maybe they just have different parents and that's contributing to the different combs?

 

[21hens-incharge]

It seems likely that they do have different parents. I think feathering looks female too. Just a large comb is all.

 

[Michael OShay]

I have to respectfully disagree on the Australorp and BSL guesses since the BSL looking one has muffs and the BA looking one has a pea comb.

Thanks for pointing those out. The angles for that wasn't the greatest, and at my age, my vision is not longer good enough to catch details that in poor angles and lighting and distances like the pea comb. Enlarging the photo I think I can make out the muffs on the one with the copper colored neck feathers, but I still can't make out whether or not the black bird in the back has a pea comb, so I will take your word for it. )

 

[BantamLover21]

I agree. The black one with the pea comb, muffs, and beard is an Easter Egger pullet, the solid black one is a Black Australorp pullet, and the black one with the copper colored feathering in the neck area is a Black Sex Link (Black Star) pullet. You have some excellent layers and should get lots of eggs from them. )

Agreed.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I did not see the muff on the BSL looking one until I enlarged the pic either. It's all good.

 

[HenHouse10C]

I can try to get better pics tomorrow in the daylight

 

[21hens-incharge]

Head shot and side body with the chick standing naturally work well for gender ID.
Still a neat looking group you have. Interesting to have black ee there.

 

[HenHouse10C]

Here's lucy, the suspected EE, she was the only one interested in the pictures I took this morning.

Here you can see how much bigger lucy is than the other two.

This is the best I could get of Dolly, the copper girl..

In this one she's facing the camera, but you can see her beard

 

[HenHouse10C]

A few other random pics. Maybe it can help.