Breed of hens that we brought as chicks

[smarsh]

RIRs over here don't have the white legs, i would take those to be some sussex version (a buff and a red)

 

[kittykat2003uk]

Her legs have gone more yellow now rather then pink. But its the other one i want to identify now

 

[smarsh]

the Buff colored one? she is the one i would guess to be a buff sussex, a very pretty pullet

 

[aoxa]

Did you check the breed list on this site? Maybe you will find one that looks similar. I'm no expert, but those are beautiful birds, and that's all that matters

Well, that and the egg laying of course.

I want to get an Easter egger!!

 

[sevenbabychicks]

Congrats on the eggs!

As to your fourth girl, she looks like a gorgeous buff orpington cross to me. I bet she'll start laying some nice brown eggs soon

 

[kittykat2003uk]

Right i had the 3 laying. I was getting 1 green, 1 white and 1 brown egg a day. Now i am getting a brown speckled egg

Could the last girl be laying now? Can 1 chicken lay brown eggs then the next day lay brown speckled eggs?

 

[tasha82]

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weve got a speckled star,who is supposed to lay speckled eggs but every now and then she lays plain brown ones.xx

 

[kittykat01]

The last one looks like a buff sussex, but the neck marking is not as dark as I would expect....maybe a buff sussex cross? She is very pretty, whatever she is!

 

[Chris09]

kittykat2003uk,
The Red one is a Rhode Island Red,
The Buff one is a New Hampshire,
The Black one is a Araucana,
The Black and Silver one with Blue legs is a Egyptian Fayoumi,

As for the light leg color on the Rhode Island Red and the New Hampshire, the leg color on both should be Yellow but a lot of the light coloring could be from what you are feeding.
Does the feed you are feeding contain Corn (Maze) and Animal Protein?

Chris

 

[kittykat2003uk]

Since he RIR has gotten older her legs are more yellow now. They are on a mixture of layers pellets, growers pellets (as they are in with 4 young frizzles i got the other day

) lol and they have alittle corn and wheat grain as a treat everyday.I have started today feeding layers mash as they didnt want to eat the layers pellets.

I didnt think the one you called a Araucana is one because she lays green eggs not blue