Breed help

[MelIngles]

We got these babies after they were abandoned at the post office. My guess on age is approx 2 weeks but I am not sure. We don’t know breed or gender. They love photos taken and pose so cute! They have bands on their legs because they all look so similar I needed something to identify them for the behavior journal. Thank you for your expertise

 

[1muttsfan]

Possibly Barred Rock, I see some barring on some of the wings. @speckledhen, any thoughts?

 

[NatJ]

I'm guessing Barred Rocks.
I think there are at least two cockerels:
purple band on right leg
yellow band on left leg

There's a chance the others might be females, but I wouldn't be sure about that for at least another month, maybe two months.

(Barred Rock males get more white than the females, because of how the barring gene works. Those two have quite much clearer white bars across the wings already.)

Edit to add: if they were shipped through the Post Office, they were less than 24 hours old when they were shipped. So if you know the ship date, you will know the age as well.

 

[Overo Mare]

Barred Rocks.

 

[SulkyBantam]

I also think Barred Rocks. I can't tell the gender yet though.

 

[MelIngles]

Thank you for your help so far.

 

[MysteryChicken]

We got these babies after they were abandoned at the post office. My guess on age is approx 2 weeks but I am not sure. We don’t know breed or gender. They love photos taken and pose so cute! They have bands on their legs because they all look so similar I needed something to identify them for the behavior journal. Thank you for your expertise

Gorgeous Barred Rocks.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'm guessing Barred Rocks.
I think there are at least two cockerels:
purple band on right leg
yellow band on left leg

There's a chance the others might be females, but I wouldn't be sure about that for at least another month, maybe two months.

(Barred Rock males get more white than the females, because of how the barring gene works. Those two have quite much clearer white bars across the wings already.)

Edit to add: if they were shipped through the Post Office, they were less than 24 hours old when they were shipped. So if you know the ship date, you will know the age as well.

I use leg color for Barred Rock sexing. Works 99% of the time.

I'll go through, & see the sexes.

 

[nuthatched]

Look at their head spots, if the spot runs down the neck, (mullet) it's a boy, if it stays on the head, (toupee) it's a girl. however, a lot of hatcheries don't breed for auto sexing so you might not be able to tell .

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

Thank you for your help so far.

Those are great pictures!