Breed help

MelIngles

Chirping
Dec 17, 2020
58
113
78
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
 

Attachments

  • 2ABC4225-8AFE-4924-BD14-93B3A8E94195.jpeg
    2ABC4225-8AFE-4924-BD14-93B3A8E94195.jpeg
    408.8 KB · Views: 20
  • F9F3E87D-82AA-47D7-A78F-E4F3AD7C189A.jpeg
    F9F3E87D-82AA-47D7-A78F-E4F3AD7C189A.jpeg
    447.9 KB · Views: 12
  • 10A49216-9617-4ECA-ABD9-3E0BDEAA0EAA.jpeg
    10A49216-9617-4ECA-ABD9-3E0BDEAA0EAA.jpeg
    370.8 KB · Views: 12
  • 1FEA9815-2F19-496E-A8EE-39A4F92A13F0.jpeg
    1FEA9815-2F19-496E-A8EE-39A4F92A13F0.jpeg
    349.1 KB · Views: 11
  • 76BD5604-457A-420F-8007-0034DA1E6E4C.jpeg
    76BD5604-457A-420F-8007-0034DA1E6E4C.jpeg
    311.2 KB · Views: 10
  • 754DF1E9-E27E-4F51-AD89-EF24CC3EEFB8.jpeg
    754DF1E9-E27E-4F51-AD89-EF24CC3EEFB8.jpeg
    361.4 KB · Views: 12
  • EB992D2A-7D44-422E-9260-F472EA535A5F.jpeg
    EB992D2A-7D44-422E-9260-F472EA535A5F.jpeg
    351.2 KB · Views: 11
  • C9F40529-766F-4765-B34A-322A0C9C3490.jpeg
    C9F40529-766F-4765-B34A-322A0C9C3490.jpeg
    364.4 KB · Views: 10
  • E4F62D2B-76FB-48BB-867C-5D0A32E3C650.jpeg
    E4F62D2B-76FB-48BB-867C-5D0A32E3C650.jpeg
    466.6 KB · Views: 10
  • 21F915BE-C115-47D7-816E-CB565D99555A.jpeg
    21F915BE-C115-47D7-816E-CB565D99555A.jpeg
    362.3 KB · Views: 10
  • 879F6A65-3299-4373-B149-9F15776AA0A0.jpeg
    879F6A65-3299-4373-B149-9F15776AA0A0.jpeg
    352.3 KB · Views: 10
  • B21FE8B9-14A0-4C8B-9EC0-E3D8134DB236.jpeg
    B21FE8B9-14A0-4C8B-9EC0-E3D8134DB236.jpeg
    350.8 KB · Views: 9
  • D87FDD84-3336-4766-B466-D0830F49A29F.jpeg
    D87FDD84-3336-4766-B466-D0830F49A29F.jpeg
    480.9 KB · Views: 7
  • 34CB6590-A373-410F-8519-3062B08F17F8.jpeg
    34CB6590-A373-410F-8519-3062B08F17F8.jpeg
    394.5 KB · Views: 7
  • 0536FB64-279D-4F51-B195-60BEADB81E32.jpeg
    0536FB64-279D-4F51-B195-60BEADB81E32.jpeg
    398.9 KB · Views: 9
  • 5911FC43-336C-4EAA-86E1-A33AC01A1CC0.jpeg
    5911FC43-336C-4EAA-86E1-A33AC01A1CC0.jpeg
    362.1 KB · Views: 7
  • 9FD9609A-8A61-4AB7-A7AB-839B451CD823.jpeg
    9FD9609A-8A61-4AB7-A7AB-839B451CD823.jpeg
    375.9 KB · Views: 8
  • 2F51BA10-3274-4AE1-B676-571AF74E9F44.jpeg
    2F51BA10-3274-4AE1-B676-571AF74E9F44.jpeg
    421.1 KB · Views: 6
  • B3BD15D4-AE60-446F-BF31-3206B118A36A.jpeg
    B3BD15D4-AE60-446F-BF31-3206B118A36A.jpeg
    362.6 KB · Views: 7
  • EC2CF538-8306-4CAA-9FA7-FBC645767855.jpeg
    EC2CF538-8306-4CAA-9FA7-FBC645767855.jpeg
    326.8 KB · Views: 6
  • 848B126D-7804-4BB0-8408-C5CAB8E222BD.jpeg
    848B126D-7804-4BB0-8408-C5CAB8E222BD.jpeg
    338.2 KB · Views: 7
  • 39239F5D-502F-4153-89DB-03A72689FD57.jpeg
    39239F5D-502F-4153-89DB-03A72689FD57.jpeg
    334 KB · Views: 6
  • 68857C07-B50F-44A5-9925-0AB0DF6DEE92.jpeg
    68857C07-B50F-44A5-9925-0AB0DF6DEE92.jpeg
    406.7 KB · Views: 6
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom