Help with breed and gender ID please

[cluckmecoop7]

Oooo, you got roosters! But E looks to me like a Silkie/Buff Orpington > ????

 

[mh1016]

Oooo, you got roosters! But E looks to me like a Silkie/Buff Orpington > ????

Yeah the guy we got them from mentioned silkies, but he also said they were all pullets, so I wasn't very confident in his information

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Yeah the guy we got them from mentioned silkies, but he also said they were all pullets, so I wasn't very confident in his information

You have at least 5 roosters.

 

[chickenE]

Gorgeous and unique birds!!

 

[Chickens4Life101]

I think L and O are 100% roosters. N may be one too... All of them are very beautiful birds, but I think they are all mixed breeds, so I can't tell what they are. J looks crossed with a buff Brahma, but that is all I can identify.

 

[cstephens1987]

I definitely see where some have the legbar genes...I was wondering about those with the "fluffy heads" as I call them

And yes, I do believe P is a rumpless Ameracauna...and here I thought his tail feathers were plucked out

I've never even heard of the Partridge breed but yes, many of my hens especially seem to have some of that too.

Thanks so much!! So exciting to find out a little about them!!

Partridge is a pattern. Many breeds have it as a recognized variety and many more have it as an unrecognized project color

 

[micstrachan]

Is partridge the same as double laced?

 

[cstephens1987]

Is partridge the same as double laced?

No. Partridge is more akin to penciling and has the ground color (reddish brown) on the outside, whereas double laced has the lacing color (black) on the outside edge and can be different colors such as silver, brown, gold, etc.
https://www.starmilling.com/chicken-feathers.php

 

[micstrachan]

Thanks!!! I learned something new today. Kind of similar effect at a glance to the untrained eye, but the difference is quite clear. Thanks again!

 

[mh1016]

No. Partridge is more akin to penciling and has the ground color (reddish brown) on the outside, whereas double laced has the lacing color (black) on the outside edge and can be different colors such as silver, brown, gold, etc.
https://www.starmilling.com/chicken-feathers.php

Awesome site, thanks!