Breed and gender

[oswegoscott]

Please help with breed and gender. The one with the largest comb is male-he's been crowing. They are about 14 weeks old.

 

[The Lisser]

1. Can't see feet, but it looks like a blue cochin pullet. (Are the feet/legs feathered?)
2. I don't know what breed the cockerel is, the pullet looks like a black sex link.
3. Striped one appears to be a barred rock - the dark coloration indicates a pullet but if it is a sex-link, it may turn out to be a cockerel. A full body shot would be helpful.

 

[DTchickens]

Need clearer shots, and where they came from. As to me, pullet on the left in pic two could be a brown red OEGB or American game, depending, or could be a black sexlink. Were they hatchery, flea market, breeder, etc?

-Daniel

 

[oswegoscott]

Thanks for helping. Yes- #1 has very feathered feet and is small.. #3 has feathered feet,but only on the outside.
Got them at a flea market. Someone mentioned Australorp for #2 pullet

 

[The Lisser]

An Australorp would not have the orange streaks on the neck - a black sex link hen has the same black body as an Australorp but with the orange streaks. Black sex-links lay great, just like Australorps. However, both are large fowl birds, and like Daniel said, the birds in pic two could be a bantum breed (they do have OEGB faces).

They are all beautiful!

 

[oswegoscott]

So,is #1 a Blue Cochin pullet? #3 with half feathered feet--a Barred Rock pullet? The 2 in #2 are pretty big --aren't Bantams small?
Thanks again

 

[Chris09]

Quote:
#3 -- I would say was a Barred Cochin and look to be a young Rooster.

Chris

 

[Illia]

#2 on the left is a either Black Copper Marans Pullet or a Cochin cross, on the right is probably a Partridge Cochin cross cockerel