Help identifying my chicks šŸ˜€

Claire0410

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May 4, 2021
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Hi im new to hatching and raising chicks and just wondered if anyone could help me identify some of the chicks i have.
The first is the only 1 i hatched from my first batch of eggs which were mixed breed.
The 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th are chicks that i bought as pure silkies at a few days old to go with my 1 so it wasnt alone.
The next 8 are from my second batch of silkie cross eggs, 7 of which are similar coloured 6 have small feathers down there legs 1 doesnt and 1 is completely different......
Any help on identifying any of them would be great thankyou
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Silkies have fluff, dark skin, also dark crests and beaks, fluff on their heads creating the ā€˜poofā€™, a ā€˜flatā€™ comb, feathers on the bottom of their wings, and tops of their tails. Some Silkies also have a beard. Any Silkie who has lighter skin, lighter comb, feathers on their whole bodyā€™s, no poof on their head (they can often still have fluff rather then feathers), a ā€normalā€ comb, or a not fully black beak is a silkie mix. This should help you tell the differences between your Silkies and Silkie mixā€™s. To know for sure youā€™ll have to wait until they are fully feathered out as I am unsure if the 7th photo down is a pure Silkie (heā€™s looking more like a Silkie mix). The chick in the 2nd photo down is a silkie mix. The 4th photo is a Silkie mix. The last photo is also a Silkie mix. They arenā€™t the best photos but again this information that I gave you should help you identify them :)
Thankyou for the reply, I guessed that out of the bigger ones there was only that could possibly be pure silkie
 
Hi thankyou, i guessed the 1st and second may have been cockeral, what do you mean by pair sorry im new to all this, do you have any idea what the first and last could be
By pair a mean a pullet and a cockerel since two birds were visible :) The first might be part Production Red. The last one isn't clearly showing traits of a certain breed, that may become more clear when it's feathered out
 
Pic 3-12 are silkies ( smooth feather white one most likely silkie mix), black one possibly silkie mix ( boy), red one RIR?(boy) the last one Partridge bantam. Where did you get them?
Thankyou, yes i guessed the first black one was a boy, what is RIR? I got them from various places the first came from a batch of mixed breed eggs from ebay the 2nd-5th came from a guy local to me they were bought as pure silkies at a few days old the last 8 came from a batch of silkie cross eggs that i bought from a guy local to me, i also got a silkie cross broody from him with 9 pure silkie chicks.
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They're all mixes. Every bird except 1st and last looks to be part Silkie. The last bunch of chicks are too young to sex.
1-cockerel
2-cockerel
3-pair
4-likely pullet
5-likely pullet
Hi thankyou, i guessed the 1st and second may have been cockeral, what do you mean by pair sorry im new to all this, do you have any idea what the first and last could be
 

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