Breed and Gender if Possible, Please :)

[Amy V]

Hi,

New to chicks and to this site. I must say, in the last 6.5 weeks, BYC has been a great peace of mind for me! Any time I see my chicks do something new, I check here to make sure it's normal! So thank you everyone who posts here!

To my question, I would like to know breed and sex of my little ones. I'm pretty sure they're all some kind of mix as they were only $1.50 each.

These are my "6.5 week-old girls" according to TSC, but I'm pretty sure Rockie is now spelled Rocky! Here are a few shots. Thank you in advance! Amy

This is Rocky, I'm now thinking she's a he from what I've read here.



Here are two shots of my gold babies. The focus changes for each picture:



This is a beautiful baby! Front and back shots:



These babies always seem to be covered in poop. Is that common or is just because they're white?



And here they are in a group. I've come to call them my therapy chicks because they are so entertaining, innocent and sweet.

 

[Top Rooster]

The striped ones are barred rock the white ones are white leghorn the reddish orange ones are either Rhode Island Red or Red Sexlink both are great breeds. Genders the lighter colored striped one with red come is a rooster the others are hens

 

[Amy V]

That was fast! Thank you.

 

[Top Rooster]

Oh I forgot one the black one is a black sexlink

 

[Chicken Girl1]

Rocky (is a cockerel) looks like a Dominique because it has a rosecomb (Barred Rocks have single combs). Your gold ones look like Red sex-link pullets. The white ones could be Leghorns or White Plymouth Rocks (Leghorns will grow white earlobes while Plymouth rocks will have red), since they are white they will get a lot dirtier . The other striped one does it have a comb similar to the first one? It looks like a pullet. The black one is a Black sex-link pullet.

 

[Amy V]

Thank you! The little black and white one has almost no comb. I didn't post a full picture because I'm pretty sure that Chuck is a pullet

 

[Chicken Girl1]

Then I think she is a Dominique as well since rosecombs on pullets don't show up until they are much older.

 

[kcrandall]

Black-white chicks are Dominique aka Dominecker. Yours have rosecombs, Barred Rocks have single combs.

The gold ones are Golden Comets.

The white ones are White Leghorns, and

The black / gold one is a Black Sexed Link Bird.

Nice chicks, they look happy and healthy.