help me figure put what these girls are!

[jj384ev]

BY THE WAY MY THREAD SHOULD SAY OUT NOT PUT!! SORRY!

I have a frizzle hen and 2 new hens I need help with figuring out what they are! I have no clue of the breed. Someone is laying small pinkish eggs but I don't know if its one of my new hens or my frizzle. Help?

 

[scratch'n'peck]

They are pretty. Does the black hen have feathers on her feet? If so she looks like she could be a Cochin. If not we may need to have a photo with the feet showing. The other one looks like a Buff Orpington except for the darker feathers on the tail, so she might be a mix.

 

[jj384ev]

I had a feeling that the tan colored one (Chatterbox) was a Buff Orpington. She is smaller than others I've seen so maybe she's a little younger than I thought she was. She probably is mixed, as she was part of a big group of free range chickens, so there's no telling! Though, I did find a few pics on the internet here and there of some Buffs with darker tail feathers.

The dark one, at this time, does not have feathers on the feet. Though, the face and color look right for a cochin. Do they develop those later? She's still rather small, since she also was free range from a farm, I don't know her exact age, but I'm guessing around 14-16 weeks. This is a guess based on the size she is in comparison to my frizzle and possible Leghorn which I raised from chicks.

 

[jj384ev]

Could she be an Austrolorp? Her feathers are not as shiny....but maybe?

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Lorps/BRKLorps.html

 

[scratch'n'peck]

Cochins have feathers on their feet from the start. Black chicken options for common breeds include Jersey Giant and Austrolorp, who have different leg skin colors, but I can't remember them off the top of my head. But her eyes look rather light to meet the standards of those breeds. But she might be a pretty barnyard mix. Often the easiest way to figure out a mixed chicken is to ask what breeds of chickens were in the barnyard where they came from.

 

[jj384ev]

I'm pretty positive I've identified my darker hen as an Australorp. She looks identical to a photo I found of one, just smaller. She also have those darker feet like the one in the photo, I checked today. Anyone disagree? As for the other I'm pretty positive she's a Buff mix. My neighbor has Buffs and she just slightly smaller and other than the dark tail feather she looks identical.


The picture I found:

My hen: