Crazy crosses gender help!

[JTsfunnyfarm]

Hi!

I’m new to hatching and I have spent tons of time incubating culminating in now having 35 chicks of varying ages. This is what was in my coop:

-white crested blue polish hen
-5 unknown black hens
- 1 lavender Orpington hen
- 2 silver laced black polish hens
- 1 white showgirl frizzle silkie hen
-1 white showgirl silkie rooster
- 1 black showgirl frizzle rooster
- lavender Orpington rooster

This is what I hatched around 6 weeks ago now. Let me know if you think they are pullet or roo, and what you think the cross is. My most recent hatch (yesterday) is the -BEST- one I have had and I can’t wait to share the chicks once they are old enough to guess too!

 

[Quarterhorses1]

Hi!

I’m new to hatching and I have spent tons of time incubating culminating in now having 35 chicks of varying ages. This is what was in my coop:

-white crested blue polish hen
-5 unknown black hens
- 1 lavender Orpington hen
- 2 silver laced black polish hens
- 1 white showgirl frizzle silkie hen
-1 white showgirl silkie rooster
- 1 black showgirl frizzle rooster
- lavender Orpington rooster

This is what I hatched around 6 weeks ago now. Let me know if you think they are pullet or roo, and what you think the cross is. My most recent hatch (yesterday) is the -BEST- one I have had and I can’t wait to share the chicks once they are old enough to guess too!

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Are these all separate individual birds?

 

[JedJackson]

In pictures 5 and 6 the light blue or lavender one with the large comb is a cockerel. I'm not seeing anything to indicate male in any of the other ones so far, but expecially Polish and Silkies, and their crosses can take much longer to tell for sure one way or the other.

 

[BastyPutt]

Just want to say wow. After reading initial post and all the breeds, what I saw in the first pic is exactly what I expected

 

[JTsfunnyfarm]

Just want to say wow. After reading initial post and all the breeds, what I saw in the first pic is exactly what I expected

I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing My husband says I have a mongrel chicken factory at this point

 

[JTsfunnyfarm]

Are these all separate individual birds?

This coop has 8 birds total:

- 2 with the barred appearance
- 3 grey
-2 NN silkie x polish
-1 grey silkie x polish

I will get more/better pictures. I thought with the barred looking ones I might have created some weird sex link- those chicks seem to come out black with yellow dots on their heads. We have hatched a couple more that were identical to those as chicks with the yellow spot on the head.

 

[JTsfunnyfarm]

In pictures 5 and 6 the light blue or lavender one with the large comb is a cockerel. I'm not seeing anything to indicate male in any of the other ones so far, but expecially Polish and Silkies, and their crosses can take much longer to tell for sure one way or the other.

I agree- my initial thoughts on the blue/lavenders is cockerels for all 3. However one of them is now not looking like the other two.

 

[JTsfunnyfarm]

The black line under 3’s eye was me accidentally when I was adding the numbers to the photos

 

[-Chanticleer-]

That naked neck chick looks like a gold laced polish mixed with a Ayam Cemani and naked neck. Never seen something quite like it. Greys look like lavender Orpingtons. And then barred rock. Number 3 looks like a pullet idk the other ones. That’s some flock you got there love it!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Hi!

I’m new to hatching and I have spent tons of time incubating culminating in now having 35 chicks of varying ages. This is what was in my coop:

-white crested blue polish hen
-5 unknown black hens
- 1 lavender Orpington hen
- 2 silver laced black polish hens
- 1 white showgirl frizzle silkie hen
-1 white showgirl silkie rooster
- 1 black showgirl frizzle rooster
- lavender Orpington rooster

This is what I hatched around 6 weeks ago now. Let me know if you think they are pullet or roo, and what you think the cross is. My most recent hatch (yesterday) is the -BEST- one I have had and I can’t wait to share the chicks once they are old enough to guess too!

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Do you have updated pictures?