Breed help

[Steadhamjessica]

I am fairly new to this chicken excitement. I will say I never get bored always entertained. I just hatched 3 baby chicks from my incubator. I was wondering if I could get some help with identifying the chicks?

 

[cavemanrich]

Cant help with the ID,,,, but they look lovely
Where did the eggs come from??? are they a mixed batch?? I see different shades of brown shells.

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

 

[Steadhamjessica]

Mixed flock with Black Australorp, Golden Comet, Bantam rooster of some type an Rhode island red both hens and rooster sapphire gem hen an white leghorn hens.

 

[cavemanrich]

Looks like you will have assorted good producing chickens. Do you know what you will do with extra roosters??

 

[Steadhamjessica]

Cant help with the ID,,,, but they look lovely
Where did the eggs come from??? are they a mixed batch?? I see different shades of brown shells.

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

Mixed flock with Black Australorp, Golden Comet, Bantam rooster of some type an Rhode island red both hens and rooster sapphire gem hen an white leghorn hens.

 

[Steadhamjessica]

Looks like you will have assorted good producing chickens. Do you know what you will do with extra roosters??

I would love to begin selling an handling many different breeds an colors. Any suggestions

 

[3KillerBs]

If they came from a mixed flock where roosters and hens of each breed were not kept separate, rather than were a mixed batch of pure breeds, then they're mixed breeds.

 

[cavemanrich]

I would love to begin selling an handling many different breeds an colors. Any suggestions

Everything depends where you are located, and are there customers willing to purchase your chicks.
Most peeps want the pullets for egg production. Cockerels are difficult to sell/re-home, unless they are the meat-bird variety.

Most private small breeders usually stick to one or two varieties/breeds. If you get bigger, and have more grounds, pens, coops, you can expand then.

 

[Steadhamjessica]

Everything depends where you are located, and are there customers willing to purchase your chicks.
Most peeps want the pullets for egg production. Cockerels are difficult to sell/re-home, unless they are the meat-bird variety.

Most private small breeders usually stick to one or two varieties/breeds. If you get bigger, and have more grounds, pens, coops, you can expand then.

Thank you so much for all the help and useful information. Im in the Alabama area an 11 acres. So far an just starting up I've got 46 hens an 5 roosters. I just started receiving eggs about an month ago and I get 20 eggs that I get in my chickens coop a day so far. Not sure if my hens are laying in different places or really how all of it goes.

 

[cavemanrich]

With that number of hens,,, you probably have eggs to sell. Many peeps will pay the premium price for homegrown eggs VS Corporate prisoner eggs.