Egg laying assortment questions

[Ian_knight]

So I got an egg laying assortment from a friend and I got a few chickens and I was wondering what kind they are

 

[Wezdin]

The barred one looks like a cuckoo Maran, and first and last pics seem like new Hampshire reds but wrong leg color. did these come from a hatchery or were they from a farm?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Well, I see either a poorly bred barred rock (BR), or a cuckoo marans cockerel (maybe.). And some poorly bred or mix breed Rhode Island Red (RIR) types. I say poorly bred because a RIR and a BR should have yellow legs, not pink/white.
Since you got them from a friend, is it possible they're barnyard mixes? Where did she get them from?

 

[Ian_knight]

Well, I see either a poorly bred barred rock (BR), or a cuckoo marans cockerel (maybe.). And some poorly bred or mix breed Rhode Island Red (RIR) types. I say poorly bred because a RIR and a BR should have yellow legs, not pink/white.
Since you got them from a friend, is it possible they're barnyard mixes? Where did she get them from?

Well the friend owns a shop and I think he gets them from ideal poultry

 

[Ian_knight]

The barred one looks like a cuckoo Maran, and first and last pics seem like new Hampshire reds but wrong leg color. did these come from a hatchery or were they from a farm?

I think a hatchery called ideal poultry

 

[Ian_knight]

He said the orange and brown ones are brown leg horns

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Mmmm I don't think so. Brown Leghorns are brown and tan, not orange.

If they came from Ideal, I'm going to say they're production reds and a cuckoo marans cockerel.

 

[Ian_knight]

Mmmm I don't think so. Brown Leghorns are brown and tan, not orange.

If they came from Ideal, I'm going to say they're production reds and a cuckoo marans cockerel.

Does ideal breed good chicksn?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Does ideal breed good chicksn?

Depends what you mean by 'good'.
Show quality? No... none of the hatcheries do.
Pet or production quality? Absolutely..

 

[Ian_knight]

Depends what you mean by 'good'.
Show quality? No... none of the hatcheries do.
Pet or production quality? Absolutely..

But do they breed pure bred chicks because I bought some silkies from them and I was hoping they where pure but they are to young to tell so far