Feather legged Bantams...Maybe Cochins?....Hopefully hens!!

[snoutpuss]

A friend recently gave me two bantams from an order of day old chicks. They are now about 41/2 weeks old. The hatchery said they would be either Silkies, Buff Brahmas, Belgian (Mille fleu) or Cochin Frizzles. I had a hard time getting decent pics but maybe someone can help me id them. The darker reddish one is Bacon and the white one is Pancake (my kids named them). Also I'm hoping they are both hens because town ord. says I can't keep a rooster. Pancake has grown faster and appears to be the stronger/smarter one. However, recently Bacon, the darker one, has developed a larger comb and his tail feathers seem to be more roosterish. Everything i've read says the rooster should be more active and grow faster but Bacon is by far the slower growing and more docile one. Also Pancake, the white one, is the only one that roosts at night if that means anything. These are our first chickens so if anyone can id these guys that would be great.

Heres Pancake

And Bacon

and the suspicous comb

 

[NoseyChickens]

In the one picture Bacon appears to have a red comb and waddles already. Coul dbe a boy.

 

[JenEric Farms]

Can you post a picture of pancakes comb? Might not be a cochin...

 

[snoutpuss]

These are the best shots of Pancakes comb that I could get. She's very active.
Not sure if they are cochins myself. Just my best guess after reading up, no chicken experience at all.

 

[banjoejoe4783]

pankacke is a lite brama X roo

 

[BookWorm243]

Bacon looks just like my partridge cochin I ordered.

 

[StevenW.]

very poor quality light brahma and partridge cochin and they r both roos to me.....

 

[Mrsfoote]

Yes Pancake looks like a light brahma rooster hatchery quality one...here was mine at about 16wks

Goose again at 25 weeks

 

[Illia]

Yep, Pancake's a really poor quality Brahma, Bacon is a Partridge Cochin.

They both look to be boys, but I'd wait if I were you.

 

[Lbrad7]

How can you say they are "poor quality" when they haven't gotten their adult feathering yet? They will lose those feathers two or three more times before you can tell what they are going to look like as adults. I think the poor quality tag has been applied a little premature....just sayin.