Chicken Breed Help

[drumstick diva]

black sex links

 

[mikeldb]

Has any one ever crossed blue Andalusian and game roosters? I'm hoping for this look

 

[donrae]

I respectfully disagree on the black sex link comments.

the first bird is clearly a cockerel, with that much comb at 5 weeks. A black sex link cockerel would be barred. He doesn't fit any breed that I know of, so he's likely an Asian Whatever.
The second bird looks like a barred Rock pullet.
The third bird is probably a black sex link pullet.

 

[mikeldb]

I respectfully disagree on the black sex link comments. 

the first bird is clearly a cockerel, with that much comb at 5 weeks. A black sex link cockerel would be barred. He doesn't fit any breed that I know of, so he's likely an Asian Whatever. 
The second bird looks like a barred Rock pullet. 
The third bird is probably a black sex link pullet. 

the first bird isn't a Cockrell, I have black sexlink hens who have grown combs like that at that age.. I can show you a picture if you like

 

[donrae]

Even the OP thinks that bird is a cockerel.

I'd love to see pics of your pullets with combs that size and color at that age, and then as mature hens. I've had a memorable red sex link who started laying at 16 weeks, and she had nothing like this at 5 weeks.

 

[mikeldb]

I have 5 black sexlinks 3 don't and 2 do have combs... remember what they're crossed with

 

[mikeldb]

Here's 3 of mine 1 with out any comb hardly 2 with

 

[mikeldb]

Some develop combs more than others just goes to show that it's possible I have one that has almost no comb at all

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Whenever people talk about what a chicken will look like that is crossed, I think all bets are off.

As for large combs. Someone in our local chicken group saw a picture of some of my birds and asked what breed that cockerel was. I said, it's a pullet and it's an Ancona. It was only half grown. Normally even Mediterranean breeds pullets wait forever to get big combs but not always.

 

[Seesagirl]

The Tractor Supply in our area is crap too. I was told the two bantams I got were silkies. Sadly I was still too much of a novice to realize they weren't. Called the manager and she's like oh, well they came in a box marked assorted bantams. They were Mille fleur d'uccle bantams. But that's all good, one turned out to be a beautiful roo!

Just go to all the different feed stores near you until you find a good one. I have the options of four different places. One they sell boring breeds, two they mislabel breeds, but the last is amazing. They get a huge variety including game birds, they actually know about the chicks (!) and they're very accommodating. They sell thousands of chicks every year, which is amazing since they're in a semi rural area. You just need to find a reliable store.

I have no idea what breed yours are, but I have Black Australorps and those aren't.