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In the Brooder
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My family initially got into the chicken craze by accident. My neighbor hen(s) got out and brooded eggs in our horse stall. We had 6 chickens; 3 Roos and 3 hens. This was during Thanksgiving time of 2015. Through the years we’ve self educated ourselves on chicken breeds and raising chickens. But we haven’t figured out the exact breeds/crosses of our original flock. Can you guys help us with this?

Bravo (Bielefelder or Dominique?)
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Alpha (Bielefelder?)
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Charlie (middle) Bielefelder?
Buzzard (left)
Pumpkin (right)
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Now, we’ve hatched 3 barnyard mixes within our entire flock just not fully sure of the breed mixes.
Our flock includes:
The chickens above except Buzzard.
Hens: RIR, white & brown leghorns, golden laced Cochin bantam, red stars, white Japanese bantam
Roos: white Japanese bantam, black bantam and the 3 Roos pictured above.

Pugg-we think her mom is either Pumpkin or Ugg (golden laced Cochin bantam)
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Marshmallow-bantam
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Rambo-bantam
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Last set I promise! :)
These are our Ameraucana/Easter Eggers. We got the hens from a local feed store and they were labeled as Ameraucana. And our Roo we got from a friend and he said he was an Easter Egger.

Conan-if he is an Easter Egger we think he maybe mixed with a Colombian Wyandotte.
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Exclamation Point-she was a yellow chick with a black exclamation point on her head lol funny thing is her babies have the same mark when they are born.
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Hawkeye-obviously because she looked like a hawk when she was growing up. Her babies look like owls or hawks as chicks :)
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Thank you in advance for the help!!!
We just trying to get things squared away when it comes time to build our chicken barn and separate them.
 

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#1- dominique mix
#2- barred rock mix? (I can't really see his colors in that picture)
#3- (middle) polish mix? (Does he have feathered feet or extra toes?)
#3- (left) silkie mix? (Does she have feathered feet? Could you get a closer picture of her comb?)
#3- (right) not really sure... maybe a bantam cochin or wyandotte mix (Could you get a closer picture of her comb?)
#4- cochin bantam (mom), #1 (dad)
#5- japanese bantam mix
#6- I don't know. Maybe his father is Alpha?
#7- easter egger
#8- easter egger
#9- easter egger


Do you know what breed your black bantam roo is? It might help me figure out if any of the barnyard mixes are his offspring.
 
#1- dominique mix
#2- barred rock mix? (I can't really see his colors in that picture)
Here are 2 more pictures of all Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie.
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#3- (middle) polish mix? (Does he have feathered feet or extra toes?) definitely not a polish mix. Charlie looks like Alpha and Bravo except coloring is different and comb is different. See above picture of all three.
#3- (left) silkie mix? (Does she have feathered feet? Could you get a closer picture of her comb?) she had a few feathers on her feet.
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#3- (right) not really sure... maybe a bantam cochin or wyandotte mix (Could you get a closer picture of her comb?) Pumpkin is on the left. Fire is in the middle. (Double laced Barnevelder) Blaze on the right. (white japanese bantam)
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#4- cochin bantam (mom), #1 (dad)
This is Ugg, our Golden laced cochin bantam.
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#5- japanese bantam mix
Blaze
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Den Den-our white japanese bantam hen
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Perch-our black bantam roo
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#6- I don't know. Maybe his father is Alpha?
#7- easter egger-
#8- easter egger
#9- easter egger
What are the tell tale signs to tell the difference between Easter Eggers and Ameraucanas?

Do you know what breed your black bantam roo is? It might help me figure out if any of the barnyard mixes are his offspring.
Perch
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What are the tell tale signs to tell the difference between Easter Eggers and Ameraucanas?
1) If they came from a feed store they're EEs.

2)If they came from a hatchery that calls them "EE/Ameraucana", "Americana" or anything other than "Ameraucana" and says they can be any color and lay any color egg, then they're not an Ameraucana, they're EEs.

3) If they don't come from a breeder who works with an APA recognized Ameraucana color they're EEs.

4) The only APA recognized Ameraucana color that produces chipmunk chicks is silver. If you have chipmunk chicks and they didn't come from a breeder that sold them to you as silver Ameraucanas, they're EEs.

5) Ameraucanas should have slate or black legs and not willow or any other color. EEs because they're not a recognized breed can have legs of any color. Many EEs will have slate legs though so, combining with the above, you can only rule out true Ameraucanas if they don't have slate or black legs.

6) As a recognized APA breed, Ameraucanas have a standard of perfection. If your birds are multi color, lay eggs that aren't blue, have green legs, etc. they're EEs:
http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/standard.html
 
#1- dominique mix
#2- barred rock mix? (I can't really see his colors in that picture)
Here are 2 more pictures of all Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie.
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#3- (middle) polish mix? (Does he have feathered feet or extra toes?) definitely not a polish mix. Charlie looks like Alpha and Bravo except coloring is different and comb is different. See above picture of all three.
#3- (left) silkie mix? (Does she have feathered feet? Could you get a closer picture of her comb?) she had a few feathers on her feet.
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#3- (right) not really sure... maybe a bantam cochin or wyandotte mix (Could you get a closer picture of her comb?) Pumpkin is on the left. Fire is in the middle. (Double laced Barnevelder) Blaze on the right. (white japanese bantam)
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#4- cochin bantam (mom), #1 (dad)
This is Ugg, our Golden laced cochin bantam.
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#5- japanese bantam mix
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#6- I don't know. Maybe his father is Alpha?
#7- easter egger-
#8- easter egger
#9- easter egger
What are the tell tale signs to tell the difference between Easter Eggers and Ameraucanas?

Do you know what breed your black bantam roo is? It might help me figure out if any of the barnyard mixes are his offspring.
Perch
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Alpha and Charlie are probably barred rock mixes, though I couldn't tell you what they're mixed with to get those weird combs. Bravo is definitely a dominique mix.

I was only saying polish mix because of the comb, but I would expect a polish mix to have some sort of a crest.

I'm guessing she's a silkie mix judging by the feathered feet and black skin.

Hmmm, I still can't really tell what comb type she has. It kinda looks like a pea comb, so I'll just say she's a cochin mix. Also, does Fire have a single comb? If she doesn't, she isn't a purebred barnevelder.

That's probably the mother, judging by Pugg's lacing and feathered feet.

I can't tell what Marshmellow's other parent is, but I'm guessing she's part Japanese bantam by her short legs and bantam size.

Ameraucanas only come in standard colors, have slate legs, lay blue or greenish-blue eggs, have a beard and muffs, and have a very uniform pea comb.

Perch is a black rosecomb bantam.
 

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