My neighbors grandson's class hatched these out at Easter and they no longer wanted them and gave them to me. I can;t figure out what bread they are please help.
Help need to know what breed my new chickens are
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The big beards make me think they are Ameraucanas, if they lay pure blue eggs, they are most likely Ameraucana(not Ataucana) but if they lay Green or pink then they are Easter Eggers.
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they haven't started laying not exactly sure how old they were hatched sometime around Easter. Do you think they are hens.
Probably not Ameraucanas. The pictures aren't the best for ID, the one in the back on the top picture appears to be blue. But the other one is not a recognized Ameraucana color. Probably Easter Eggers. They have the right body shape for Easter Eggers and the brownish one is a common color in Easter Eggers.
They both look like hens to me. If they are Easter Eggers or Ameraucana mixes and were hatched around Easter you should be seeing curved tail feathers and pointy neck and back feathers by now if they were boys. I hatched a bunch of EE chicks Easter Monday and by now all of the boys have very obvious rooster feathers (well, except for the few who have had their tails plucked out by the others, but they had curved tail feathers before they were plucked). If they hatched around Easter, that would make them approximately 4 months old so you should expect them to start laying some time in the next 1-3 months. Five months is a little young for them to start laying, but if they are from hatchery stock then hatchery EE do sometimes start laying that early. Six to seven months is most common. Occasionally it can take Ameraucana 9-10 months to start laying, and in some cases even longer if they come into the right age for laying as the days are getting shorter, so if they are mixed with Ameraucana (which would still make them EE) then it could be a little longer before they start to lay.
They both look like hens to me. If they are Easter Eggers or Ameraucana mixes and were hatched around Easter you should be seeing curved tail feathers and pointy neck and back feathers by now if they were boys. I hatched a bunch of EE chicks Easter Monday and by now all of the boys have very obvious rooster feathers (well, except for the few who have had their tails plucked out by the others, but they had curved tail feathers before they were plucked). If they hatched around Easter, that would make them approximately 4 months old so you should expect them to start laying some time in the next 1-3 months. Five months is a little young for them to start laying, but if they are from hatchery stock then hatchery EE do sometimes start laying that early. Six to seven months is most common. Occasionally it can take Ameraucana 9-10 months to start laying, and in some cases even longer if they come into the right age for laying as the days are getting shorter, so if they are mixed with Ameraucana (which would still make them EE) then it could be a little longer before they start to lay.
I think they are easter eggers. Close up pics would be a help for ID.
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