Comb type and gender of 11-week old "sexlink" (cross)

[ccmarie]

These were supposed to be sexlinks (a black star and a cinnamon queen), but I don't trust the seller. My other chickens of the same age (11 weeks) are easy to tell now, but the different comb on these two is confusing me. Is that a rose maybe?

Dumpling ("black star")





Boo ("Cinnamon queen")

 

[farmerChef]

they are not sexlinks. Both are roosters and they have pea combs.

 

[ccmarie]

Do you have any idea what they might be?
I got them from an egg assortment. The list of breeds was:
Blue Splash Maran, Cuckoo Maran, Ameracauna, White Leghorn, Black Star, Java, Speckled Sussex, Dark Cornish, RIR, and Cinnamon Queen

 

[farmerChef]

first looks like a Dark cornish, second a cornish/RIR cross

 

[ramirezframing]

they both look like mixed birds to me as they dont have the cornish head and the black and red one has the wrong leg color for it also

 

[ccmarie]

They sure didn't look Cornish when they were babies either.



(he's the black one--the gray is a blue marans)

 

[ccmarie]

So for sure they're both boys?

 

[hdowden]

those are both mixed cockerels

 

[farmerChef]

So for sure they're both boys? 

yes, they are both roosters. We may not be able to tell breed/mix, but we can tell gender.

 

[donrae]

I agree, mixed. The first one could have something like copper marans, but it's the wrong comb. The second one is just a generic looking red bird, but again wrong comb for most production red types. And all boys.