HELP!!! What breed and gender of chickens are these....

Breed and gender?

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  • Black Australorp

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  • Black Jersey Giant

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FuzzFaceFarm

Chirping
6 Years
Oct 14, 2016
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Tampa, Florida
We got a mix of chickens and need help identifying them because some are so similar. Jersey Giants, Black Australorps, some tiny black chickens that can fly pretty well with white/blue earlobes, and we got surprised with a black silkie but we don't know if it's a hen or roo. They are all 22-23 weeks old. We aren't sure which of the big ones are Black Australorps (supposedly got 2) vs Blac PXL_20221021_201503813.jpg k Jersey Giants (supposedly got 4) and which are roos vs hens. We did have one large black chicken die a week ago.
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I had seen & heard at least one of the bigger black ones crowing and mounting my hens but can't figure out which it is. I currently have two which I definitely think are roos in the pics still in the hurricane quarters (small spurs seem to be growing & they have much more prominent sickle, saddle, & hackle feathers, I have heard crowing from one or both, & one has some red coloring to it's hackle feathers just aren't sure of the two breeds) and I have two out in the yard with 35 hens which I haven't heard or seen the ones in the yard crow or mount but all four look like they have hackle, saddle, & sickle feathers. I need opinions here. 😁
 
The 4 jersey Giants I bought were from TSC and the rest were from Rural King. I think the small one is some kind of blue egg layer but I don't remember the breed and I lost my notes. I have two and they can take flight really well and feel like their bodies are lighter than my silkie. All black with some red around the head. The second pic is of her next to my black silkie for size comparison.
 

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The 4 jersey Giants I bought were from TSC and the rest were from Rural King. I think the small one is some kind of blue egg layer but I don't remember the breed and I lost my notes. I have two and they can take flight really well and feel like their bodies are lighter than my silkie. All black with some red around the head. The second pic is of her next to my black silkie for size comparison.
Both are girls. The smooth feathered girl is a mutt.
 
Actually, looking back, the Silkie is also female.
Oh, thank goodness to that. She has never crowed and everyone loves her so much. She was sold to me as a set of 5 black onyx chickens but as the other ones lost their fluff and kept growing she didn't. So it was a wonderful little surprise and my son just turned 4 so "fluffy" is by far the favorite. 🥰 I have looked up so many websites and am still so confused about how to tell that the silkie is a hen. Any tips?
 

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